Final Exam Flashcards

1
Q

Medium wool breeds

A
corriedale
rommeldale
columbia
suffolk
shropshire
hampshire
cheviot
dorset
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2
Q

Fine wool breeds

A

rambouillet
targhee
merino
southdown

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3
Q

Long wool breeds

A

romney
lincohn
cotswold

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4
Q

1 hank

A

560 yards

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5
Q

Ewe breeds

A

rambouillet
targhee
corriedale * (medium wool breed)
delanie merino

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6
Q

Ram Breeds

A
suffolk
shropshire
hampshire
cheviot
southdown * (fine wool)
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7
Q

crossbred wool breed

A

crossing long wool with fine wool breeds

-improve carcass quality and long fiber

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8
Q

What else is derived from wool?

A

Lanolin

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9
Q

Sheep are sheared how often

A

once a year

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10
Q

finest quality of wool at which part of sheep?

A

shoulder

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11
Q

long wool breeds used to make

A

felting and saddle pads

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12
Q

sheeps are ____ breeders, but __ and __ are nonseasonal, and sheep and goats breed in _____, horses breed in _____

A

seasonal BUT fine wool & dorset breeds are nonseasonal; fall/winter (short day), spring (long day)

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13
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Horse reproduction:

  • age @ puberty
  • estrus cycle length
  • duration
  • occurrence of ovulation
  • gestation length
  • 1st estrus postpartum
A
  • 12-18 months
  • 21 days
  • 4-6 days
  • 12-24 hrs before end of estrus
  • 11 months: 335 days
  • 5- 10 days
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14
Q

Sheep reproduction:

  • estrus cycle length
  • duration
  • Gestation
A
  • 16-17 days
  • 30 hours
  • 147 days
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15
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Goat reproduction:

  • estrus cycle length
  • duration
  • gestation
A
  • 17 days
  • 40 hours
  • 150 gestation
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16
Q

Things that kill sheep/goats

A

footrot
predators
internal parasites

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17
Q

lambs are ready to market

A

at weaning, 100 days, 80-140 lbs

40-60 of confinement feeding

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18
Q

leading states in number of ewes (US)

TWCUS

A
texas
wyoming
california
utah
south dakota
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19
Q

world ranking of sheep

CAIIST

A
china
australia
india
iran
sudan
turkey
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20
Q

world ranking of goat

CIPBNS

A
china
india
pakistan
bangladesh
nigeria 
sudan
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21
Q

Sheep are in ___ flocks in the midwest; ____ flocks in the west

A

farm flocks -midwest- more confined, pasture, meat

range flocks- western, meat and wool

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22
Q

sheep:
provides seedstock to commercial lamb producer
- Have responsbility of providing progressive genetics

A

purebred breeder

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23
Q
  • Produces market lambs if forage and grain is available for finishing lambs
    - Produces feeder lambs for feedlots
A

commercial breeder

24
Q

sheep industry look like what industry

A

cow-calf industry

25
Q

Leading goat state in US

A

Texas

26
Q

dairy goat milk has ____, cow milk has ______

A

vitamin A; beta carotene

27
Q

Meat goat breeds:

  • prolific
  • breed year around
  • can produce 2 kids/year
  • kids usually marketed @ 4-5 mo of age –> small ideal for BBQ
A

-spanish goat

28
Q
  • Larger
    - Fast growing goat that came to US in 1990s
    - Males 300 lbs, females 230 lbs, kids gain 0.4 lbs/day in feedlot
    - Breed is rapidly expanding in this country due to meat producing ability
    - Yields a large, lean carcass when harvested
    - White with brown head
A

boer goat

29
Q
  • Heavy muscle
    - Good milk production
    - Excellent for cross breeding with boer goats (recessive gene)
A

myotonic goat

30
Q

white leghorn hen

_____ hens

A

320 eggs/year

290 millions hens

31
Q

broilers grown up to ____pounds

A

7.5

32
Q

feathers US measured in ____, other ones ___

A

million tons, tons

33
Q

eggs lack

A

fiber

vitamin C

34
Q

2.7% GDP

A

Poultry

35
Q

US poultry rank sectors

A
  1. broilers
  2. turkeys
  3. eggs
36
Q

US per capita consumption of eggs

A

260 eggs per person

37
Q

Top broiler companies

A

Tyson
Pilgrim’s Pride
Perdue Farms

38
Q

Top egg companies

A

Cal-Maine Foods

Rose Acre Farms

39
Q

Top turkey companies

A

Butterball LLC

Jennie-O Turkey

40
Q

New York dressed chicken

A

feathers and blood only removed

41
Q

chicken odor prevents _____

A

malaria

42
Q

young turkey is a __

A

poult
jake
jenny

43
Q

□ Blood sucker and results in extreme anemia and death if the animal is not treated
□ Treatment include strategically drenching with anthelmintics
□ Rotation of pastures helps break cycle

A

stomach worm

44
Q

□ Damages liver and causes bleeding
□ Snail is an intermediate host
□ Treatment and keeping sheep away from snail producing environments

A

Liver fluke

45
Q

□ A TSE in sheep and goats (similar to BSE in cows)

□ National eradication program in place

A

Scrapie

46
Q

□ Sores around mouth and lips (virus)

A

sore mouth

47
Q

□ Clostridia (can vaccinate)

-overeating disease

A

Enterotoxemia

48
Q

□ Occurs in late pregnancy/early lactation
□ Dietary energy deficiency causing rapid catabolism of body fat
□ Feed high energy feeds

A

ketosis

49
Q

Hoof trimming and foot bathe

A

footrot

50
Q

most prominent dairy goat

A

nubian

51
Q

goat gives mohair

A

angora

52
Q

goat gives mohair

A

angora

53
Q

black faced sheep, meat

A

suffolk and hampshire

54
Q

floridian sheep breed

A

florida native

55
Q

two sheep breeds that don’t breed seasonally

A

fine wool

dorset