Final Exam Flashcards
Medium wool breeds
corriedale rommeldale columbia suffolk shropshire hampshire cheviot dorset
Fine wool breeds
rambouillet
targhee
merino
southdown
Long wool breeds
romney
lincohn
cotswold
1 hank
560 yards
Ewe breeds
rambouillet
targhee
corriedale * (medium wool breed)
delanie merino
Ram Breeds
suffolk shropshire hampshire cheviot southdown * (fine wool)
crossbred wool breed
crossing long wool with fine wool breeds
-improve carcass quality and long fiber
What else is derived from wool?
Lanolin
Sheep are sheared how often
once a year
finest quality of wool at which part of sheep?
shoulder
long wool breeds used to make
felting and saddle pads
sheeps are ____ breeders, but __ and __ are nonseasonal, and sheep and goats breed in _____, horses breed in _____
seasonal BUT fine wool & dorset breeds are nonseasonal; fall/winter (short day), spring (long day)
Horse reproduction:
- age @ puberty
- estrus cycle length
- duration
- occurrence of ovulation
- gestation length
- 1st estrus postpartum
- 12-18 months
- 21 days
- 4-6 days
- 12-24 hrs before end of estrus
- 11 months: 335 days
- 5- 10 days
Sheep reproduction:
- estrus cycle length
- duration
- Gestation
- 16-17 days
- 30 hours
- 147 days
Goat reproduction:
- estrus cycle length
- duration
- gestation
- 17 days
- 40 hours
- 150 gestation
Things that kill sheep/goats
footrot
predators
internal parasites
lambs are ready to market
at weaning, 100 days, 80-140 lbs
40-60 of confinement feeding
leading states in number of ewes (US)
TWCUS
texas wyoming california utah south dakota
world ranking of sheep
CAIIST
china australia india iran sudan turkey
world ranking of goat
CIPBNS
china india pakistan bangladesh nigeria sudan
Sheep are in ___ flocks in the midwest; ____ flocks in the west
farm flocks -midwest- more confined, pasture, meat
range flocks- western, meat and wool
sheep:
provides seedstock to commercial lamb producer
- Have responsbility of providing progressive genetics
purebred breeder