Unit 7 (2nd semester)

Question 1

T or F?
Difficulty in kidding is only caused by a low Selenium (Se) supply.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Name the top three meat breeds in the U.S.:

Dorset, Suffolk, Hampshire

St. Croix, Suffolk, Hampshire

Columbia, Corriedale, Merino

Answer 2

Dorset, Suffolk, Hampshire

Question 3

Select the three major meat goat breeds in the U.S.

Boer

Angora

Angora

LaMancha

Nubian

Oberhasli

Answer 3

Boer
LaMancha
Nubian

Question 4

Lactating goats require ________ or another source of long fiber to prevent scouring.

bonemeal

oats

milo

roughage

Answer 4

roughage

Question 5

T or F?
The St. Croix sheep is known as a wool breed of sheep.

Answer 5

False

Question 6

Sheep forage or eat roughage so they are ______.

non-ruminants

grazers

ram feeding

ruminants

Answer 6

ruminants

Question 7

What dairy goat breed is considered dual purpose?

Alpine

Saanen

Toggenburg

Nubian

Answer 7

Nubian

Question 8

Dairy goat kids must be allowed to nurse for the first ____.

three days

36 hours

48 hours

24 hours

Answer 8

three days

Question 9

T or F?
Artificial additional light in the goat barn may increase estrus in the fall.

Answer 9

False

Question 10

T or F?
Goats’ feet should be properly trimmed to prevent deformities and footrot.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

An accelerated lambing system will produce _____ lambings in three years.

five

three

four

Answer 11

five

Question 12

Carrying capacity of pasture land for sheep relative to cattle is about _____ ewe units to one cow unit.

four

five

three

six

Answer 12

five

Question 13

Ketosis in pregnant ewes is controlled by:

diet

spray

drenching

iodine solution

Answer 13

diet

Question 14

T or F? Wool represents less than 20% of the gross return of sheep ownership.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

T or F? Mutton is also a valuable product.

Answer 15

False

Question 16

____________ power is the number of rams to the number of ewes in a pasture breeding condition

Answer 16

Ram

Question 17

A baby goat

Answer 17

Kid

Question 18

The most popular type of meat goat

Answer 18

Boer

Question 19

Brushy plants

Answer 19

browse

Question 20

The type of bot fly that deposits its eggs on nostrils

Answer 20

Nasal

Question 21

The most common type of got used as a laboratory goat

Answer 21

Pygmy

Question 22

The type of digestive system that sheep have; similar to cattle; forage or roughage eater

Answer 22

ruminant

Question 23

Meat production in sheep is more efficient primarily due to

Answer 23

twinning

Question 24

Large, all white breed; world record milk production

Answer 24

Saanen

Question 25

Broad leaf plants

Answer 25

forbs

Question 26

A _________ gun is used for administering large pills for dosing animals.

Answer 26

Balling

Question 27

At __________, a doe should be placed in a clean pen, well bedded with clean straw or shavings.

Answer 27

kidding

Question 28

__________ capacity is the number of people, other living organisms, or crops that a region can support without environmental degradation.

Answer 28

Carrying

Question 29

Sheep older than 1 year

Answer 29

mutton

Question 30

Lambs are finished for slaughter before ________ year of age.

Answer 30

one