ANS 3006C Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sexual Maturity, Birth Weight, Gelding

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Animal Sciences
• Course: ANS 3006C
• Professor: Tenbroeck Saundra

Document Summary

The animal industry"s role in providing for a growing population: current world population: around 7 billion estimated world population for the year. Identify at least two population trends, and briefly explain how this will impact the. What will this trend mean for livestock production and the animal. Science industry: developing countries will increase in consumption, where developed countries will either decrease or stay the same in consumption. Meat: under 1 year - veal, over 1 year beef. Production benchmarks: birth weight: 60 - 90 lbs, weaning age: 6 - 8 months, market weight: 1275 lbs. Usually around 15 - 18 months: sexual maturity: 10 - 18 months. Production benchmarks: birth weight: 2 - 5 lbs, weaning age: 2 - 5 weeks, market weight: 280 lbs. Usually around 5 - 7 months: sexual maturity: 5 - 8 months. Classes of species: pony, light, heavy (draft) Meat: under 1 year - lamb, over 1 year mutton.