Sheep Husbandry

Question 1

When do you ultrasound sheep

Answer 1

60-90 days into gestation

Question 2

Name the:
BFLxCheviot
BFLxSwaledale
BFLxBlackface

Answer 2

Cheviot mule
Mule
Scottish mule

Question 3

What is the ideal slaughter age & body condition score for Fat Lambs

Answer 3

4 months & 4 (40kg)

Question 4

What age do their teeth come through

Answer 4

1yr3mnth
1yr9mnth
2yr3mnth
2yr9mnth

Question 5

What is:
Border Lxcheviot
Border LxBlackface
Border LxWelsh Mountain

Answer 5

Scottish halfbred
Grey face
Welsh halfbred

Question 6

What is:

Wensleydale/teeswaterxswaledale

Answer 6

Masham

Question 7

Mountain breeds

Answer 7

Swaledale
Blackface
Welsh Mountain
Rough Fell

Question 8

Hill breeds

Answer 8

Lleyn
Cheviot
Kerry Hill

Question 9

Longwool

Answer 9

Wensleydale
Teeswater
BFL
Border Leicester

Question 10

Terminal Sires/Downs

Answer 10

Suffolk
Texel
Beltex
Hampshire/Oxford/south down
Charolais

Question 11

Mountain breed qualities

Answer 11

Hardy
Good mother
Min input
Fairly closed flock - less disease spread risk

Question 12

Long wool qualities

Answer 12

Prolificacy
Milk production
Frame size

Question 13

Terminal sire qualities

Answer 13

Carcase conformation

Rapid growth

Question 14

Gestation Period

Answer 14

147 days

Question 15

When do you wean

Answer 15

12-16wks

Question 16

Slaughter age for short keep store lambs

Answer 16

9mnth

Question 17

Slaughter age for long keep store lambs

Answer 17

12mnth

Question 18

1st mating

Answer 18

6mnth ewe lamb

18mnth gimmer

Question 19

Which sheep type has the longest breeding window

Answer 19

Lowland (longer, earlier season - dorsets all yr round)

Hill (short, Nov/Dec)

Question 20

Oestrus cycle length

Answer 20

17 days

Question 21

Tups & ewes together for

Answer 21

2 cycles

Question 22

Tup:ewe ratio

Answer 22

1: 50
1: 20 (single sire)
1: 10 (synced ewes)

Question 23

Ideal scan %

Answer 23

Hill: 110-120
Lowland: 220-230

Question 24

+ve indoor lambing

Answer 24

Protect from weather
Low hyperthermia risk for lambs
Close supervision possible
Can lamb early
Pasture recovers

Question 25

-ve indoor

Answer 25

High labour req Incr disease risk Provide feed, water, bed

Question 26

+ve outdoor

Answer 26

Low labour req Decr disease risk Low expenditure Low fixed costs

Question 27

-ve outdoors

Answer 27

``` Incr starvation/hyperthermia risk Less supervision Dystocia losses Later lambing ltd Uses pasture ```

Question 28

Lamb growth rate

Answer 28

300g/day (milk main E source for 1st month)

Question 29

What occurs in early summer

Answer 29

Shearing (reduce fly strike) Parasitic gastroenteritis

Question 30

What is fly strike

Answer 30

Blowfly eggs hatch into larvae in soiled fleece. Damage skin & underlying tissue. Affects production Control w/ sagging, shearing, dips

Question 31

PGE (parasitic gastroenteritis)

Answer 31

Abomasal & intestinal nematode infection. Control w/ wormers, grazing strategies, breeding resilient, bio active forage, good nutrition (high PRO diet - less eggs/larvae shed)

Question 32

What happens in weaning

Answer 32

Lambs: move onto best forage-foggage (silage aftermath) not before 2 mnth Ewes: unproductive/unlikely to lamb nxt yr culled

Question 33

What happens in autumn

Answer 33

``` Scab control - dipping, injections) Liver fluke control Pre-breeding management - flushing Soundness exams of tups Tupping ```

Question 34

What is flushing

Answer 34

Incr nutrition for ewe pre-tupping to incr ovulation rate - incr twinning Not needed if ewes in good condition

Question 35

What happens in spring

Answer 35

Lambing (usually)

Question 36

Country with most sheep in world

Answer 36

China

Question 37

Country with most sheep in EU

Answer 37

UK

Question 38

Where sheep are found in high concs

Answer 38

Mountainous areas, eg Pennines, Lake District

Question 39

What is the stratified system

Answer 39

Hill breed up high Draft ewes (from hill) move to mid height and x with long wool tup to produce 1/2 breeds 1/2 breed ewes x with terminal sire to produce fat lambs

Question 40

What is a draft ewe

Answer 40

Hill ewe that has had a few lambs up high & is moved down when she would struggle with the high conditions for an easier/more managed last few lambing seasons

Question 41

What chemical is very toxic to sheep

Answer 41

Cu

Question 42

What breed is particularly sensitive to Cu

Answer 42

Texel | Muscly sheep particularly

Question 43

What elements do sheep need

Answer 43

Selenium | Calcium