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Poultry producers are legally allowed to use hormones in the production of meat and eggs.

Which country is the global leader in milk production from all species?

Alternative dairy products like almond milk and soy milk follow the standard of identity for the “milk” label.

Pasture-based dairies are forage-based unlike free-stall and tie-stall dairies.

List at least two ways a producer can tell if their young chicks are comfortable by listing at least two things they should observe: 1. 2.

Match the following poultry meat industry segment descriptions below with their name on the right:

Explain why Florida has some of the largest dairy herds in the US (top 10 in dairy herd size), but is not one of the leading states for milk production (currently 20th in amount of milk produced). 

Lactase persistence exists in over 1/3 of the world’s population, mostly in people of European decent. 

If you were to cross the breed below with one of the other dairy breeds discussed in class, would the resulting crossbred offspring be better than the purebred parent for this breed in the trait of most importance to most conventional dairy producers?

List at two stressors that would prevent poultry from performing at their genetic potential: [answer1] and [answer2].