II Exam 1 Flashcards
What are the five freedoms of animal welfare?
Freedom from:
hunger + thirst, discomfort, pain/injury/dz, to express normal behavior, fear +distress
What is the general adaptation syndrome?
one’s response to stress
A male goat is called a ________________ or ________________, while a female goat is called a ____________________.
buck/billy
doe/nanny
A castrated male sheep or goat is referred to as a ______________________.
whether
__________________ are probably the oldest domesticated form of livestock.
goat
What is a dairy breed of sheep?
freisian
What goat breed is kept mainly for as a pet or companion?
pygmy
There are no religious taboos against __________________; yet, in many parts of the
world, ___________________ are discriminated against
sheep;
goats
What is a common hair-type sheep found in the Caribbean.
Barbados black belly
The ____________ breed of goat generally has the richest quality of milk, while the ____________ breed usually gives the largest yield.
nubian; saanen
A tall, black-faced meat-type sheep is the __________________.
suffolk
What sheep breed renowned for its fine wool quality?
cotswold
What breed of sheep known for its fecundity?
dorsets can lamb any time
romanovs have litters of lambs
What breed of sheep is multihorned with a spotted coat color?
Jacobs
(T/F) The hornless gene in goats is linked with intersex syndrome. The hornless
(polled) gene in sheep and cattle is recessive.
False
the hornless gene is dominant
What sheep breed is affected with the callipyge?
Rambouillet
What sheep breed from Africa is noted for genetic resistance to parasitism?
Tanganyika/Red Maasai
Jacob sheep are used as a biological model to study which human disease syndrome?
Tay Sach’s dz
What method do you use when Assessing body condition in sheep and goats?
palpation
What sheep breed suffers from spider lamb syndrome?
Suffolks
Pregnancy Toxemia: Signs
separated, head pressing, star gazing, ketosis, recumbant
Pregnancy Toxemia: Lab
early hypoglycemia, later hyperglycemia, ketonemia/-uria, metabloic acidosis, dehydration
Pregnancy Toxemia: Tx
fluids, supportive, insulin
Hypocalcemia: Signs
stiff gait, tremors, recumbancy
Hypocalcemia: Tx
Ca borogluconate IV
oral Ca paste
Hypomagnesemia: Signs
stiff gait, tremors, recumbancy
Hypomagnesemia: Tx
Ca borogluconate + Mg hypophosphate, diet change
Polioencephalomalacia: Etiology
thiamine deficiency
Polioencephalomalacia: Signs
sudden onset, head tremors/pressing, star gazing, recumbency, rumen inactivity
Polioencephalomalacia: Tx
thiamine HCl, diet change
Lamb Hypothermia: Tx
IP glucose (less than 20%
Entropion: Tx
create bleb in eye lid to rotate it out
Cu Deficiency: Signs
limp straight steely wool, anemia, diarrhea, swayback