Lecture 2: Small Ruminants: Breeds, behavior, Handling and Husbandry Flashcards
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What is the correct term for adult female sheep
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Ewe
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What is the correct term for young female sheep
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Ewe lamb
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What is the correct term for adult intact male sheep
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Ram
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What is the correct term for young intact male sheep
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Ram lamb
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What is the correct term for a castrated sheep
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Wether
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What is the correct term for sheep in patrurition
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Lambing
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What is the correct term for adult female goat
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Doe
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What is the correct term for young female goat
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Doeling
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What is the correct term for adult intact male goat
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Buck
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What is the correct term for young adult male goat
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Buckling
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What is the correct term for castrated male goat
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Wether
12
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What is the correct term to describe a goat in patrurition
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Kidding
13
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What is the difference between primparous vs multiparous
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Primparous refers to female adult who is either about to have her first offspring or has only had 1
Multiparous is >1 pregnancies/births
14
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Sheep or goats: Which species has a filtrum that divides their lip into two
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Sheep
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Are sheep grazers or browsers
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Grazers
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Are goats grazers or browsers
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Browsers
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Sheep or goats: which species have scent glands and where are the located
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Sheep, on medial canthus of eyes
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Describe the differences in goat vs sheep tails
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Goats tails go upright, sheep tails go down
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Sheep or goats: have scent glands between their hooves
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Sheep
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What are the 4 biggest ways to differentiate goats vs sheep
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Goats: lack filtrum, tails up, no scent glands in medial canthus, no scent glands in hooves
Sheep: have filtrum, tails down, scent glands in medial canthus of eyes and hooves
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Sheep or goat?
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goat
22
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What do goats eat
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Browsers so lots of leaves off of wood branches, shrubs
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What do sheep eats
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Grass off the ground
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Sheep or goat
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Sheep
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What sheep is the ancestor for all modern sheep
Mouflon sheep
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What type of sheep is this
Mouflon sheep
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What are the two classifications of sheep
1. Wooled
2. Haired
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Are the following wool or hair breeds: Hampshire, Suffolk, texel, cheviot, and dorset
Wool
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Are the following wool or hair breeds: dormer, Barbados, St. Croix, Katahdin
Hair
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Which sheep breed is more likely to get lice, wool or hair
Hair
**if anemic most likely what is happening
31
what are the two purposes of merino sheep
1. Fine wool
2. Carcass
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What is the main sheep in Australia
Merino sheep
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Which sheep have prominent neck folds and wool over entire body
Merino sheep
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What is the Merinos sheep most notable trait
Wool
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What type of sheep is this
Merino
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what sheep breed has long wool with spirals, forelock, bare nose
Lincoln
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what type of sheep is this
Lincoln sheep
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Which breed of sheep is primarily a large meat breed, also commonly used show breed
Hampshire
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Which breed of sheep has thick white wool, black face, ears and limbs, UNBROKEN wool cap
Hampshire
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What are some notable traits of Hampshire’s
Fast growing, feed efficiency, good carcass quality
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What breed of sheep is this
hampshire
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What is one of the major ways to tell difference between Hampshire and Suffolk sheep
Hampshire have an unbroken wool cap whereas Suffolk sheep dont
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What breed of sheep are largely meat and show breeds and the most common breed in U.S.
Suffolk
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What breed of sheep have white wool, bald black face, black ears/limbs
Suffolk
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What are some notable traits of suffolks
Fast growth, feed efficiency, good carcass quality
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What sheep breed is a medium sized meat and show breed with a distinctive short and wide face with a black nose and widely placed short ears
Texel
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What are some notable traits of the texel sheep
Muscle development, leanness, fast growth and feed efficiency
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What breed of sheep is this
Texel
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Which breed of sheep has the leanest meat: Suffolk, Hampshire or texel
Texel
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What breed of sheep is a medium sized dairy breed with thick, white wool, bald face, ears, and limbs with a pink nose
East Friesian
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What breed of sheep is this
East friesian
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What are some notable traits of east friesian sheep
Best milker, docile, not hardy
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What breed of sheep are meat sheep that require no shearing. Well muscled, leaned, adaptable to cold/heat/humidity, low maintenance. Multiple colors
Katahdin
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What breed of sheep is this
Katahdin
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What breed of sheep is a medium sized hair breed used for meat and pelt. Pure white or white with black head and neck
Dorper
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What are some notable traits of dorper sheep
Fast growing, good carcass quality, year round breeding, pelt, VERY HARDY, easy keepers
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what breed of sheep is this
Dorper
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What breed of sheep have 2-6 horns, white legs, black hooves/knees, black cheeks, muzzle and ears
Jacob
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What are some notable traits of the Jacob sheep
Many horns, lean carcass, agility, easy lambing, hardy
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What breed of sheep is this
Jacob
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What goat is the original ancestor of all modern goats
Bezoar
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What are some uses for goats
Milk, meat, fiber, brush control, show
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A Boer is an example of what type of goat breed
Meat
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A Nubian, alpine, and Nigerian dwarf are examples of what type of goat breeds
Dairy
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Angora are an example of what type of goat breed
Fiber
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What breed of goat most commonly gets lice
Angora
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What is the purpose of angora sheep
Fiber
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What goat breed appear thin/fine build, wavy hair, lop ears, M/F have horns
Angora
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What are some notable traits of angora goats
Fiber (ringlets to wavy), delicate breed, not prolific
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what breed of goat is this
Angora
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What is the most common goat meat breed
Boer
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Which goat breed has poor parasite resistance
Boer
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what breed of goat have white with solid red or black neck/face, lop ears, Roman nose
Boer
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What breed of goat is this
Boer
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Which breed of goat is primarily a meat breed with highly variable appearances, lop ears, M/F horns, small udder, small build, hardy, wild/semi-wild, parasite and heat resistance
Spanish
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Which breed of goat is primarily a dairy breed with highly variable appearance, pronounced beard in males, erect ears, tricolor
Alpine
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Which dairy goat breed produces the highest average milk volume
Alpines
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What breed of goats are these
alpine
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What is the oldest known dairy goat breed
Toggenburg
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What goat breed has a wide head, tan to brown coat with white markings, upright ears and females can have beards
Toggenburg
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What are some notable traits of Toggenburg goats
High milk yield, hardy, temperate climantes
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What breed of goat is this
Toggenburg
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What breed of goat is a cross of many breeds, dairy breed, large angular frame, long lop ears, Roman nose and variable color patterns
Nubian
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What breed of goat has the highest butterfat/components in milk
Nubian
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What are some notable traits of Nubian goats
Highest butterfat content in milk, big personalities and heat tolerant
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What breed of goat is this
Nubian
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What breed of goat is primarily a dairy breed with a large, all white appearance, long ears, no Roman nose
Saanen
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What are some notable traits of the saanen breed
Docile, inquisitive, temperate climates
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What breed of goat is this
saanen
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What breed of goat is primarily a dairy breed with a large appearance, no Roman nose, LITTLE TO NO EAR PINNA
Lamancha
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What are some notable traits of lamancha goats
Sturdy, hardy, trouble makers, high butterfat
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What breed of goat is this
Lamancha
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What breed of goat is miniature, primarily meat goat, with a shaggy long goat, males with prominent beards
Pygmy
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What breed of goat is this
Pygmy
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What breed of goat is a miniature dairy breed, less shaggy and disproportionate than Pygmy, upright ears, variable color
Nigerian dwarf
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What type of goat is this
Nigerian dwarf
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Which are more herd bound, sheep or goats
Sheep>> goats
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T or F: sheep are prey animals with strong flight zones
True
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Sheep or goat: independent, interactive, playful
Goat
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Is it more alarming for a sheep or a goat to be separate from the herd and remain recumbent when you approach
Sheep- herd and prey animals
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What are the 4 alarms for goats and sheep
1. Stamping
2. Snorting
3. Charging
4. Lowering head as if to “ram”
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What are the Don’ts on sheep restraint
1. Don’t grab wool
2. Don’t use horns to restrain (break easily)
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T or F: can restrain via horns in goats
True, but carefully
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What are the don’ts of goat restraint
Don;t catchy by grabbing back leg below hock
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What is the best way to restrain goats and sheep
Back into corner so butt is against wall, straddle, place hands under mandible
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What is the stop button for goats and sheep
Lift head under mandible
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What is the go button for sheep and goats
Put pressure on docked tail
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How often do wool sheep and angora goats need to be sheared
Twice yearly
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How often do goats/sheep need hoof trimmed
Twice yearly
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What is disbudding
Stops the horn bud from growing before it becomes a true horn
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When is disbudding required
Showing dairy goats
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When is disbudding recommended (how old)
4-14 days old
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How does disbudding work
Cauterize horn bud and should see amber ring meaning you cauterized the germinal layer
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What could happen if you leave hot iron tool for disbudding on head for too long
Thermal necrosis of brain tissue can lead to meningitis, abscesses, often fatal and if they do live they are not neurologically nromal
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Why do we dock tails in lambs
Cosmetic but also fly strike prevention as they can get really long and feces, urine get caught in there which attract flies and maggots
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When should tail docking be done (how old)
<7 days old
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What happens if you dock the tail too short
Rectal prolapse
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Where should you dock tail
3rd palpable joint
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What methods are used to dock tails
Banding or hot docking
