DC4H Sheep Flashcards Deck 2
501. is done to straighten out the tip of each fiber so it can be trimmed evenly on sheep. - SH 8
Carding
- Name two important pieces of information you should know about your sheep to tell the judges. -SH 8
Birth date, Weight, How it has been fed and managed
- Name one basic message to communicate to everyone at a show. -SH 8
Believe in the humane and responsible care of all animals, Meat and dairy products are part of an overall healthy diet as recommended by leading health authorities, Americans enjoy the safest food supply in the world
- Always be alert and while in the ring with your sheep. - SH 8
Cheerful
- Name three different types of sheep flock operations. -SH 10
Purebred flocks, Commercial flocks, Club lamb flocks, Lamb feeders
- Name three things which purebred breeders place great emphasis on in their sheep. -SH 10
Size, Structural correctness, Growth traits, Breed characteristics
- The purebred sheep operations produce stock for the commercial sheep industry. - SH 10
Breeding
- The commercial sheep operations produce and that is destined for the consumer. - SH 10
Lamb, Wool
- breeders produce lambs for youth shows. - SH 10
Club lamb
- purchase lambs then feed these lambs to desirable slaughter weight. - SH 10
Lamb feeders
- Name the two classifications of sheep operations. -SH 10
Farm flock sheep operations, Range sheep operations
- Name four classifications of breeds of sheep. -SH 10
Ram breeds, Ewe breeds, Dual purpose breeds, Fine-wool breeds, Medium-wool breeds, Medium to long wool breeds
- Name two breeds of sheep from the ram breed sheep classification. -SH 10
Cheviot, Hampshire, Oxford, Shropshire, Southdown, Suffolk
- The breed classification of are meat type breeds used as terminal sires. -SH 10
Ram breeds
- Name two breeds of sheep from the ewe breed classifications. -SH 10
Corriedale, Finn sheep, Merino, Rambouillet, Targhee
- Name two breeds of sheep from the dual purpose sheep classifications. -SH 10
Columbia, Dorset, Lincoln, Montadale, North Country Cheviot, Polypay, Romney
- Name two breeds of sheep from the fine-wool breed sheep classification. -SH 10
Merino, Rambouillet
- Name two breeds of sheep from the medium-wool breed sheep classification. -SH 10
Cheviot, Columbia, Corriedale, Dorset, Hampshire, Montadale, Finn sheep, Oxford, Polypay, Shropshire, Southdown, Suffolk, Targhee, North County Cheviot
- Name two breeds of sheep from the medium to long wool breed sheep classification. -SH 10
Lincoln, Romney
- Name three major areas that animal science careers can be grouped in. -SH 12
Production management, Agribusiness, Government agencies, Research and teaching
- What does VCPR stand for in sheep health? - SH 13
Veterinarian Client Patient Relationship
- The time is the period of time that must pass between the last treatment and the time the sheep may be slaughtered for human consumption. - SH 13
Withdrawal
- What are the four basic needs of sheep? -SH 13
Water,Food, Shelter, Care
- Name three things on a sheep medication label. -SH 13
Name of drug, Active ingredients, Cautions and warnings, Withdrawal time, Quantity of contents, Storage, Name of distributor, Lot number,
Expiration date
- Name two routes of administering medication to sheep. -SH 13
Oral route, Topical route, Injectable route
- period is the period when ewe sheep do not demonstrate estrus. - SH 11
Anestrus
- Name four factors that affect fertility in ewe sheep. -SH 11
Heredity, Age of puberty, Age of ewe, Light, temperature, relative humidity, season, Association with the ram, Nutrition, Parturition and lactation Disease and parasites, Fertility of ram
- is the process of evaluating a ram sheep for reproductive soundness. - SH 11
Breeding soundness exam (BSE)
- Name two reproductive hormones in a ram sheep. -SH 11
FSH, GnRH, LH, Testosterone
- The parent sheep each donate one gene to the offspring, giving the lamb a pair. The genes can be either or . - SH 11
Dominant, Recessive
- Name three traits, in sheep, of major economic importance. -SH 11
Reproduction, Growth, Carcass merit, Conformation, Wool
- Lamb chops come from the . - SH 7
Loin