Sheep Industry

Question 1

what is a breeding ram called

Answer 1

Tup

Question 2

what is a gimmer

Answer 2

female from her 1st shearing to lambing

Question 3

what is a lamb after 1st shearing

Answer 3

shearling

Question 4

define ewe

Answer 4

breeding female with multiple lambs over multiple years

Question 5

what is a finished lamb

Answer 5

lamb ready for slaughter

Question 6

what is a lamb destined for meat

Answer 6

hogget

Question 7

what is a draft ewe

Answer 7

an older breeding ewe

Question 8

what is a vasectomised ram?

Answer 8

teaser

Question 9

where are hill sheep found

Answer 9

well mountains and scottish highlands

Question 10

where are upland sheep found?

Answer 10

lake district

Question 11

where are lowland sheep found?

Answer 11

central to east england

Question 12

what are some traits and breeds of hill sheep

Answer 12

thick coats for harsh conditions,
1 lamb a year

scottish blackface
welsh mountain
cheviot
swaledale

Question 13

what are some traits and breeds of upland sheep

Answer 13

2 lambs a year

bluefaced Leicester
Wensleydale
border Leicester

Question 14

what are some traits and breeds of lowland sheep

Answer 14

fast growers

charollais
hampshire
texel
suffolk

Question 15

describe the stratified sheep system

Answer 15

sheep from different regions are crossbred

Question 16

how old is a lamb when slaughtered

Answer 16

6 to 8 months

Question 17

what is a sheep’s gestation length

Answer 17

147 days

Question 18

what does seasonally polyoestrus mean

Answer 18

can have multiple oestrus cycles within a season due to the amount of daylight

Question 19

when are pre breeding checks for ewes, vaccines given and flushing

Answer 19

October

Question 20

what is ewe flushing

Answer 20

increasing nutrients in preperation for tupping for better fertility

Question 21

when is tupping?

Answer 21

November

Question 22

when is lambing?

Answer 22

April

Question 23

when are male lambs castrated

Answer 23

April

Question 24

when is the pregnancy scanned and therefore barren ewes are sold

Answer 24

January

Question 25

what occurs in february/ march?

Answer 25

pre lambing vaccines for more antibodies in the milk/ colostrum

Question 26

when are lambs 1st vaccinated

Answer 26

May

Question 27

when are 2nd lamb vaccines

Answer 27

June

Question 28

Name some signs of lambing

Answer 28

ewe isolation stargazing water bag showing

Question 29

what should the diet of a growing foetus be?

Answer 29

less dry matter forage - so more silage slow increase of concentrate for gradual microbe accomidation

Question 30

what are the different minerals required in a sheep diet

Answer 30

colbolt copper calcium magnesium

Question 31

what produces colbolt, when is it needed?

Answer 31

rumen microbes produce B12 which contains cobolt 12 week lamb

Question 32

what is the max amount of copper that can be injested due to its toxicity

Answer 32

25ppm

Question 33

what does a copper deficiency lead to?

Answer 33

swayback - curve in ewes spine leads to paralysed lambs

Question 34

Describe twin lamb disease

Answer 34

hypocalcaemia leads to skinny lambs with not enough nutrients - mainly stillborn

Question 35

Why is Mg needed daily

Answer 35

there is no way to store Mg in the body

Question 36

how much colostrum should a newborn have

Answer 36

24L/kg (in the 1st 24h)

Question 37

how can you avoid hypothermia in lambs once brown adipose tissue has run out

Answer 37

heat boxes glucose injections colostrum (potentially through a feeding tube)

Question 38

why do you tail dock?

Answer 38

easier for shearing and carcase processing reduce fly strike

Question 39

how old is a lamb when their tail is docked

Answer 39

under 7 days, over 24 h

Question 40

how may you castrate a sheep?

Answer 40

rubber ring under 7 days burdizzo clamp to crush blood vessels surgically by a vet (after 3 months)

Question 41

what is Entropion and how is it treated?

Answer 41

turned in eyelids leading to ulsers either unroll when young or inject penecilin or anaethetic or liquid paraffin (heavy substances) into eyelid to keep open and treat infection