Montana Beef Quality Assurance

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Beef Certification Exam

1. The IRM Redbook can be used as an effective record keeping system for most BQA documentation purposes.

2. A target of BCS 4 or lower at calving is generally optimal for reproductive efficiency.

3. Vilolative antibiotic residues can result from improper mixing or not following withdrawal times of medicated feed additives.

4. Extra label drug use is using animal health products in a manner not specified on the label.

5. USDA yield grades for beef carcasses predict cutability or the percentage of the carcass that is closely trimmed, mostly boneless ________ cuts from the round, loin, rib, and chuck.

6. To insure against injection site lesions, injections should be given:

7. Exceeding injections of 10cc per intramuscular (IM) site may:

8. The only approved location for implant administration is the middle third of the backside of the ear.

9. Reducing stress, providing improved nutritional management, along with proper timing of vaccination, will decrease the response rate to the vaccine. The following does NOT apply?

10. ML vaccines should be mixed within 2-4 hours of use if they are kept cool and out of the sunlight?

11. Ear-marking or wattling may be justified because they can prevent repeated handling of the animal to identify the owner.

12. Degree of marbling is measured when a carcass is ribbed or split between the_____ ribs.

13. Only the cow/calf producer can enroll a calf in a QSA program and all animals must have been enrolled by an approved QSA prior to being sold in order for any beef or beef products from those animals to qualify for export to Japan.

14. Feeder calf prices in August, September, October, and November tend to be about ____ below the annual average price.

15. It is a good practice for feeder calf sellers to leave calves overnight without feed or water to avoid a pencil shrink from the buyer.

16. The grade of feeder cattle is determined by evaluating the following general value determining characteristics: frame size, thickness and _______.

17. Breed ________ refers to the strong points of one breed covering up the weak points of the other breed.

18. Vaccination programs should be considered a part of a biosecurity plan for a ranch.

19. The U.S. has been free of foot-and-mouth disease since 1929 .

20. A YG 5 carcass would have a _______ percentage of boneless, closely trimmed retail cuts than a YG 2 carcass.

21. BQA is a ________ program designed to make certain all beef consumers can take pride in what they purchase and can trust and have confidence in the entire beef industry.

22. Experienced or properly trained ____________ should perform procedures such as vaccination, castration, dehorning and branding.

23. The industry Code of Cattle Care says: Persons who willfully mistreat animals will not be tolerated. :

24. Subtherapeutic antibiotic use should be used if the principle intent is to improve animal performance.

25. The 2005 National Beef Quality Audit determined that the industry lost a total of nearly _____ / head due to four (4) major quality defects for the average fed animal marketed.

Montana Beef Quality Assurance,
821 N. 27th St., PMB 159,
Billings, MT 59101,
406-896-9068(o), 406-671-0851(m)
cpeck@montana.edu

Montana Beef Network,
119 Linfield Hall
Bozeman, MT 59717,
406-994-4323,
mharbac@montana.edu

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