Title: Explain criteria for selecting poultry and livestock.
Course: Agricultural Production Technology (18301-I) > Section: Exploring Livestock and Poultry Production

Explanation should include

- breeds of beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep, goats, horses, poultry, and specialty and exotic livestock
- production characteristics of breeding and feeder/market animals
- importance of genetic diversity and variation in livestock management
- importance of heritability of traits in genetic improvement and management of livestock and poultry.

Process/Skill Questions:

- How might criteria for selecting animals vary depending on the type of operation?
- How do desirable production characteristics differ between breeder animals and feeder/market animals?
- What role do genetics and heritability of traits play in selecting dairy cattle?