Sheep and Goats

Question 1

Where are sheep geographically?

Answer 1

western states, marginal lands, can consume poor quality grasses, and live on rugged terrain

Question 2

Purpose of the goat industry?

Answer 2

Mohair (type of fiber), milk, and meat

Question 3

Where are goats geographically?

Answer 3

Texas leads the US in meat goat production

Question 4

Wether

Answer 4

Castrated male sheep or goat

Question 5

Chevon

Answer 5

meat from goats

Question 6

Suffolk

Answer 6

terminal, black face, white body, no wool on face and legs, England, large

Question 7

Dorset

Answer 7

Dual purpose, all white, horned or polled, England, year-round breeding

Question 8

Hampshire

Answer 8

terminal, white with wool cap and black face and legs, England, fast growing, muscled

Question 9

Rambouillet

Answer 9

maternal, wool production (fine wool), all white, wool on legs, France, low prolificacy

Question 10

Polypay

Answer 10

maternal, wool production, composite of 4 breeds, made in US, very prolific, hardy

Question 11

Katahdin

Answer 11

Hair breed, USA, parasite resistant, heat tolerant, prolific

Question 12

Boer

Answer 12

meat goat, white with dark head, South Africa, muscle, growth, not seasonal breeders

Question 13

Angora

Answer 13

Fiber producing (Mohair), white, turkey, hair grows 1 inch per month, produce 6.5 lbs twice per year

Question 14

Nubian

Answer 14

Dairy, England, short hair, heat tolerant, high milk fat

Question 15

Seedstock

Answer 15

Purebred, breed associations, NSIP

Question 16

Commercial

Answer 16

Produce lambs, milk, fiber, wool

Question 17

Feeder

Answer 17

Finishing young lambs

Question 18

Sheep Housing

Answer 18

Pastured- graze poor quality forage, fencing matters bc adept at escaping
Barns- winter months, lambing/kidding
Feedlots- outdoors in western states, indoors in Midwest and east

Question 19

Sheep Life Cycle

Answer 19

Born at 8lbs, weaned at 3 months 60lbs, puberty at 6 months, breed at 7 months in fall, gestate for 152 days, have at 1 year old, sheep mature weight 160lbs, Goats mature weight 120lbs

Question 20

How many lambs does an ewe on average have?

Answer 20

1.5 young per female

Question 21

Market animal life cycle

Answer 21

Same as sheep life cycle but for traditional market they are slaughtered at 7 months, 130lbs and for non-traditional at 5 months 80lbs. Goats 60lbs, 8 months

Question 22

Marking Harness

Answer 22

worn by ram, leaves mark on females that have been bred, color changes every 17 days

Question 23

Seasonal breeds

Answer 23

only mate successfully at certain times of the year

Question 24

Crutching

Answer 24

removal of wool around vulva and udder in ewes prior to lambing to keep area dry, less chance of infection or blow flies

Question 25

Docking

Answer 25

removal of tail, elastrator most common, prevents feces from accumulating on tail and buttocks

Question 26

Enterotoxemia

Answer 26

overeating disease, high nutritional state animals, vaccine available

Question 27

Urinary Calculi

Answer 27

Kidney stones, inadequate Ca:P ratio in feed, male sheep and goats, inability to urinate, belly kicking

Question 28

Footrot

Answer 28

infection of hooves (anaerobic bacteria) ,lameness, treatment is systemic medication, severe foot trimming and cleaning

Question 29

Pregnancy toxemia/ketosis

Answer 29

“twin lambing disease,” high energy demands break down body fat-hypoglycemia, feed high energy grain in late gestation, most common in ewes carrying multiple, rare in goats

Question 30

Mastitis

Answer 30

Milk Fever