ovine Flashcards
catching a sheep
• Drive the sheep into a small coral
• AS A GROUP - Approach the sheep slowly
• Move slowly through the flock until you get
near the animal that you need to catch
• Grasp the sheep around the neck and pull the
head up. This should cause the animal to stop
or at least slow down.
• Theoretically control of the head is control of
the sheep
• NEVER GRAB or HOLD A SHEEP BY
THE WOOL (unless absolutely necessary)
• To walk it forward, place your hand under its
head and around its rump
standing restraint
• To hold the sheep – place one hand under the jaw,
the other under the rump
• This will prevent the animal from moving
backward or forward.
• DO NOT HOLD ONTO THE WOOL!!!
• Use your leg or knee to force the sheep into the
fence
• DO NOT LET THE SHEEP DRAG YOU
AROUND!
on right side of sheep
auscultate lungs
on left side of sheep
auscultate lungs
listen to and obtain heart rate
check for ruminations
physical exam
- observe animal in pen
- identify ear tags
- note abnormalities beginning with head (eyes, ears, nose); swelling, redness, excessive discharge (normal: Slight clear discharge from eyes and nose, Rectangular shaped pupil, Wool slightly dirty) (abnormal: green/dried discharge, uneven jaw, drooping, prognathism:overbite, underbite)
- check mouth (sore mouth/orf); check capillary refill time; no spurs
ruminant
4 compartment stomach
gestation length
148 days
lambing
act of parturition (giving birth) in the ovine
normal temp range
100.9-103.8
normal respiratory rate range
12-14 RPM
normal heart rate range
70-80 BPM
ram
mature male sheep
ram lamb
immature male
wether
castrated male
ewe
mature female
ewe lamb
immature female
lamb
newborn; meat from sheep under a year of age
flock
group of sheep
twinning
giving birth to two offspring
mutton
meat from sheep over a year old
fine wool breeds
(for wool production) white, usually horned (American merinao, Rambouillet)
medium wool breeds
(for mutton type)
– Cheviot – face and lower legs free of wool, erect ears
– Dorset – white face and legs
– Hampshire – black wool on face and legs
– Finnsheep – used in cross breeding because of tendency to multiple
births
– Montadale – wooless face and legs, usually white
– Southdown – white wool on face and legs - small
– Suffolk - large, black bare face and legs
long wool breeds
(bred for mutton and size; slow to mature and produce fatter carcasses)
– Costwold – polled, white long ropy wool
– Romney – white, open faced, no wool below
knees
crossbred wool breeds
(crossing long wool and fine wool)
– Corriedale – polled, white head, blocky body
– Columbia – white open faced, high quality
fleece
