Sheep

Question 1

Cheviot

Answer 1

Origin: scotland
Characteristics
-white faced sheep with bare heads and legs
-easy lambers
-good milkers
-polled
-small in size

Question 2

Columbia

Answer 2

Origin: US (First one)
Characteristics
-white faced
-polled
-wool on legs
-known for wool producing

Question 3

Dorset

Answer 3

CORNELL FLOCK BREED
Origin: England
Characteristics
-white faced
-horned or polled
-heavy milkers
-can lamb multiple times a year
-heavy muscled carcass
-3rd most popular breed

Question 4

Finnsheep

Answer 4

CORNELL FLOCK BREED
Origin: Finland
Characteristics
-white faced
-no wool on legs or head
-breeds year round
-produce many offspring (2-4)
-reaches sexual maturity early
-medium grade, good wool

Question 5

Suffolk

Answer 5

Origin: England
Characteristics
-most popular breed
-white body with slid black head and legs
-high carcass quality
-rapid lamb growth
-medium wool breed

Question 6

Dairy breeds of sheep

Answer 6

-Lacunae
-east Fresian

Question 7

Hair breeds of sheep

Answer 7

• Black faced dorper
  -Katahdin

Question 8

Ewe

Answer 8

sexually mature female @5-12 months

Question 9

Ram

Answer 9

uncastrated male @ 5-7 months

Question 10

Whether

Answer 10

castrated male

Question 11

Advantages of whether

Answer 11

-less aggressive
-better meat production
-easier to manage
-companion animals

Question 12

Lamb

Answer 12

any sex under the age of 1

Question 13

Gestation of sheep

Answer 13

138- 149 days (146 days)

Question 14

estrus

Answer 14

13-19 days (avergae 17)

Question 15

How can you synchronize estrus?

Answer 15

CIDRS or sponges

Question 16

Breeding length

Answer 16

30 days @ Cornell

Question 17

Ram effect

Answer 17

We use vasectomized rams to stimulate estrus

Question 18

Forms of restraint

Answer 18

-hurdles/gates
-chutes
-manual holding
-rolling/tipping the sheep
-halters if trained

Question 19

Forms of Identification

Answer 19

-ear tags
-tattoos

Question 20

Scrapie tags

Answer 20

traceable

Question 21

Scrapie

Answer 21

transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
(fatal: degenerative disease)
Thought to be caused by an infectious misfolded protein called a prion

Question 22

Temperature range

Answer 22

100.9-103.8 F

Question 23

Pulse rate

Answer 23

70-80 beats/minute

Question 24

Respiration

Answer 24

16-34 breaths

Question 25

FAMACHA

Answer 25

Anemia Guide (Ideal 3)

Question 26

Dental aging sheep

Answer 26

Every 2 adult teeth is another year

Question 27

Gummer

Answer 27

with no teeth (approximately 10 years)

Question 28

Why do we collect blood?

Answer 28

-disease detection -pregnancy tests -genetic testing

Question 29

Where do we collect blood from?

Answer 29

Jugular vein collection -can shear necks to see better

Question 30

Foot rot

Answer 30

hoof infection is commonly found in sheep, goats, and cattle EXTREMELY CONTAGIOUS AND PAINFUL

Question 31

Hoof problems

Answer 31

-foot rot -abscesses -bruises -not maintaing trimming

Question 32

How many times should you trim hoofs

Answer 32

at least twice a year

Question 33

What are the treatments for foot rot?

Answer 33

-systemic antibiotics -foot soaks/wraps -eradicate (cull)

Question 34

BCS

Answer 34

ideal 3

Question 35

Scrotal circumference

Answer 35

8-14 months: 30-36 cm >14 months: 32-40 cm