Sheep Flashcards
Genus species of sheep
Ovis Aries
Where has least overall consumption of sheep? Most ?
Least: US
MOST: Australia, New Zealand, Europe.
Ovine
Multiple sheep
Ewe
Female
Wether
Castrated male
Lamb
Young
Ewe lamb
Ram lamb
Young female (not bred yet) Young male
Ram
Male
To give birth
To lamb
Simple stomached or ruminants?
Ruminants
Hooves are one toe or two
Two, cloven hooves
Mammary glands have how many halves and teats
2 halves, 2 teats
Breed classes (3)
Ewe breeds, ram breeds, and dual purpose breeds
What breed class: good milking and mothering ability, good wool production, when cross breeding dam is usually one of these
Ewe breeds
What breed class: good carcass quality, good lamb growth rate, good muscling, inferior wool, when cross breeding a sire is usually one of these
Ram breeds
What breed class: combined characteristics of ewe and ram breeds, can be either ewe or ram breed
Dual purpose breeds
What breed class: Marino rambouillet and Finn sheep
Ewe breeds
What breed class: hampshire, Suffolk, cheviot
Ram breeds
What breed class: Dorset, horned Dorset, polypay
Dual purpose breeds
What breed: white wool on face and legs, finest quality wool, wrinkled skin, not prolific
Marino
What breed: good mothers, prolific, may have wool blindness
Rambouillet
What breed: no wool on face or legs, small, prolific, good wool
Finn sheep
What breed: white wool on head and body, black in face and legs, large, good mothering ability
Hampshire
What breed: black face, no wool on head or legs, v large, superior carcass
Suffolk
What breed: white face, no wool on face or legs, small, good mothering ability (ram breed)
Cheviot
What breed: developed from Finn, Dorset and rambouillet, good carcass wool and mothering
Polypay (dual)
What breed: white face, wool on head but not face, prolific, lots of milk
Dorset (dual)
Hair sheep breeds
Katahdin and Barbados black belly
Produces hair instead of wool
Hair sheep breed that sheds its own wool
Katahdin
