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Understanding Cattle: A Comprehensive Quiz

This quiz explores various aspects of cattle, including their uses, biological classification, environmental impact, and historical significance.

#Cattle #Agriculture #Biodiversity #Environmental Impact #Animal Husbandry

1 Cattle remain broadly used as draft animals in many developing countries, such as ________.

2 The aurochs originally ranged throughout Europe, ________, and much of Asia.

3 But in almost every case, the world's 1.5 billion cattle are cited as the greatest adverse impact with respect to ________ as well as species extinction.

4 In all cattle species, a female that is the twin of a bull usually becomes an infertile partial ________, and is a freemartin.

5 The terminology described here contrasts the differences in definition between the United Kingdom and other British influenced parts of world such as Canada, ________, New Zealand, Ireland, and the United States.

6 What is the binomial of Cattle?

7 What is Cattle's current status?

8 Cattle emit a large volume of methane, 95% of it through eructation or burping, not ________.

9 What phylum does Cattle belong to?

10 What does the following picture show?  A Brahman calf   Legend of the founding of Durham Cathedral is that monks carrying the body of Saint Cuthbert were led to the location by a milk maid who had lost her dun cow, which was found resting on the spot.   A hereford being inspected for ticks; cattle are often restrained or confined in Cattle crushes when given medical attention.   Cattle — especially when kept on enormous feedlots such as this one — have been named as a contributing factor in the rise in greenhouse gas emissions.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the nematode Elaeophora poeli is a parasite that is found in the heart or aorta of various species of cattle.
  • former Louisiana State Senator Gaston Gerald has spent his later years engaged in cattle ranching and farming in East Baton Rouge and Washington parishes.
  • during the ancient Anuradhapura Kingdom of Sri Lanka the slaughter of cattle was a crime punishable by death.
  • the rare Pitkin Marsh lily is limited today to three small colonies, due to cattle overgrazing of its habitat (pictured) and the flower's popularity with humans.
  • the Barotse Floodplain is the second largest wetland in Zambia and also one of the most productive areas for raising cattle in the country.
  • the small herds of marble cows that can be found in several locations around Texas are the work of Dallas sculptor Harold F. Clayton.
  • the Pushkar Fair is the world's largest camel/cattle fair.
  • ancient herds of White Park, a rare breed of horned cattle, have been preserved in Great Britain from the Middle Ages.
  • after overcoming Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1989, K-Bob's Steakhouse (sign pictured) still operates in mostly smaller cities in the cattle country of New Mexico and Texas.
  • Herbert Mayfield, one of the Mayfield Brothers, a bluegrass band, earned his living as a welder for cattle feedlots in West Texas.
  • Copeland Creek was significantly degraded by cattle overgrazing in the 19th century, but restoration efforts have reversed that trend.
  • cattle infested with ticks can be treated with an extract from the African tree Margaritaria discoidea.
  • Kim Kang-woo spent about ten days acquainting himself with a cow to prepare for scenes in the film Le Grand Chef, likening the experience to working with a sensitive actress.
  • M. D. Madhusudan, who received the Whitley Award for 2009, uncovered links between coffee production in Brazil and cattle ownership and grazing in Bandipur National Park.
  • Velika Planina is a high-altitude settlement in Slovenia having huts whose oval roofs (pictured) have wooden shingles that extend nearly to ground level to accommodate cattle.
  • Rancho Los Encinos near Los Angeles was founded in 1797, and raised cattle, sheep and wheat, and was a stagecoach stop, before becoming a real estate subdivision with Los Encinos State Historic Park at its heart.
  • arson was suspected when the last original boô (pictured), a building where a farmer rested when grazing cattle far from a village, burned down in the Netherlands.
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