Teaching Aids

Livestock Judging Study Pages, University of Kentucky

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• Livestock Evaluation Coaches Workshop (2002)
  • Slide presentation used for program

• Market Animal Evaluation
  • An Introduction to Evaluation - Beef, Swine, Sheep
  • Live Animal Evaluation
  • Swine Evaluation

• Evaluating Volume & Capacity

• Evaluating Fat & Muscle in Livestock

• Performance Data
  • EPD - Expected Progeny Difference
  • Utilizing Performance Data for Livestock Selection

• Reasons & Notes
  • Taking Notes
  • Coaching Reasons
  • Reasons template

• Scoring Classes
  • Scoring Judging Placings
  • Worksheet to Practice Scoring Placings

• Activities & Quizzes
  • Beef Sire Selection Activities
  • Beef Cattle Evaluation Practice
  • Lamb Evaluzation Practice
  • Swine Evaluation Practice
  • Keep/Cull Suffolk Ewes
  • Evaluation Exam

• Practice Classes
  • Beef
    • Angus
    • Angus heifers
    • Limousin
    • Steers
  • Swine
    • Boars 1 - Hampshire, Duroc, Yorkshire
    • Boars 2 - Duroc
    • Gilts - Hampshire, Duroc, Yorkshire

• General Livestock Topics
  • Purpose of Youth Livestock Projects
  • Reducing the Incidence of Dark Cutting Beef in Junior Livestock Shows (pdf)
  • US Beef Industy - 2005
  • Selection of steer
  • Feeding a Show Steer
  • US Swine Industry - 2005
  • Selecting Feeder Pig
  • Show pig management
  • Show Pig Stress
  • Paylean or Ractopamine
  • Target Market Hog

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