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WF-R ANIMAL SCIENCE 1 Bellringer 10/27/14 What types of products and by-products do we get from our livestock animals? List as many as you can.
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WF-R ANIMAL SCIENCE 1 Livestock Products 1. Food – meat, milk, cheese, eggs 2. Clothing – wool, leather from hides 3. Shelter – tents from hides 4. Power – work in less developed countries
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WF-R ANIMAL SCIENCE 1 Livestock Products 5. Recreation – horse back riding, rodeos 6. Fuel – burn dry animal manure 7. Animals are converters – eat stuff humans will not eat and convert these materials into food – meat, eggs, milk, etc.
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WF-R ANIMAL SCIENCE 1 Which of the following was not made from animals:
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By-Products 1. Wool 2. Leather 3. Candy and chewing gum from animal fat 4. Gelatin - from horns, hooves, bones, and hides 5. Glue, cosmetics, waxes, soap, lubricants, brushes, etc.
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WF-R ANIMAL SCIENCE 1 Wool
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WF-R ANIMAL SCIENCE 1 By-Products 6. Animal feeds from scrap meat and bones and blood meal 7. Insulin – for diabetics – from livestock pancreas
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WF-R ANIMAL SCIENCE 1 By-Products 8. Heparin – for blood clotting – from livestock lungs 9. Candles 10. Fertilizer
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WF-R ANIMAL SCIENCE 1 Economic Impact, Importance and Trends in Animal Science
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WF-R ANIMAL SCIENCE 1 Economic Impact & Importance Provides use of land Conserves soil Provide jobs Increases tax base Income from livestock, poultry and their products is about TWICE that from all crops in NC. NC is always TOP TEN in hogs, turkeys and poultry.
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Hogs The top agriculture commodity in North Carolina – Income = $2.5 billion per year – found mostly in the eastern 1/2 of the state The number of swine farms is decreasing – The size of farms is increasing North Carolina ranks 2nd nationally (Iowa is 1 st)
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Broilers & Turkeys Broilers are NC’s second rank commodity Broilers bring in over 1.3 billion dollars in cash receipts to NC agriculture – Income from turkeys is about $775,000 dollars – Income from broilers is about $2.6 billion per year. Recent health concerns has increased the consumption of poultry products – less fat – subcutaneous fat layer
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Cattle Income from cattle is about $275, 000 per year NC has several farms, but states in Corn Belt have more land/resources NC State University conducts several research studies using cattle
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WF-R ANIMAL SCIENCE 1 Statistics Charts and statistics provided by: NCDA – http://www.ncagr.com/stats/index.htm USDA – http://www.usda.gov/nass/
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