Introduction

Question 1

What is the order, sub-order, and family of sheep, goats, and cattle?

Answer 1

Order: Artiodactyla (cloven hooves)
Sub-order: Ruminantia (cud-chewing)
Family: Bovidae (even number of toes, compartmentalized forestomach, horns)

Question 2

What subfamily do sheep, goats, and cattle belong to?

Answer 2

Caprinae: Sheep and goats
Bovinae: Cattle

Question 3

What is the scientific name and number of chromosomes of sheep, goats, and cattle?

Answer 3

Ovis aries (54)
Capra hircus (60)
Bos taurus (60)

Question 4

What sheep breeds are bred for meat, wool, hair, and dual-purpose?

Answer 4

Meat = Dorset, Columbia, Suffolk, Hampshire, Southdown, Border Cheviot
Wool = Merino, Rambouillet, Lincoln, Romey
Hair = Barbados, Katahdin
Dual = Targhee, Polypay

Question 5

Which breed of sheep is predisposed to spider lamb syndrome?

Answer 5

Suffolk

Question 6

What are dairy, fiber, meat, and hide goats?

Answer 6

Dairy = Alpine, Nubian, Toggenburg, La Mancha, Saanen
Fiber = Angora, Cashmere
Meat = Boer, Kiko, Pygmy
Hide = Mubend, Red Sokoto

Question 7

What are examples of dairy or beef cattle breeds?

Answer 7

Dairy = Holstein, Jersey, Brown Swiss, Ayrshire, Guernsey
Beef = Angus, Hereford, Simmental