Livestock Evaluation Terms Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST: calico: color pattern, typically in hogs. features a mix of red or sandy and black areas, frame: the size of the animal as determined by skeletal structure, independent of weight. the height, length, and width as they predict an animal's mature size, shallow: term used to describe an animals with no depth of body/rib, stylish: term that can be used to describe the more eye appealing animal of the class, wasty: used to describe an animals with extra loose fat, parrot mouth: where the upper jaw extends past the lower jaw, causing misalignment, tall fronted: term used in lamb and goats that refers to an elevated front body, growth: the characteristics of having adequate size and weight at a certain age, cow hocked: hock is set inward, resulting in a splayed look of the legs, condition: used to denote fatness, pigeon toed: when the toes are pointed inward, maturity: an animal's degree of physiological development relating to sexual puberty, mature size, and body composition, spring of rib: refers to the amount the ribs arch out from the backbone, balance: a proper proportion and blending of parts of the animal, essentially "how the parts fit together.", broody: term for females that have a heftier look, hamloin junction: place where the ham and loin meet, jowl: the lower part of an animal's cheek, used commonly in swine, stout: trait associated with potential durability and serve as a loose indicator of growth. these include foot size, circumference of the cannon bone (from the knee to the ankle), and structural width, bowlegged: when the legs curve outwards at the knee, femininty: describes the grace and refinement of a breeding female across all livestock species.