sheep quiz

Question 1

5 in 1 vaccine protects against

Answer 1

range of clostridial diseases

Question 2

Which sheep breed exhibits the following traits; an Australian premier wool sheep; which amongst strains this breed can produce wool as fine as 17 microns or less? Also used to produce a first cross ewe for the prime lamb industry:

Answer 2

merino

Question 3

common reasons to cull a ewe from a flock would include

Answer 3

a broken mouth

Question 4

which is most important reason to crutch a merino ewe

Answer 4

To minimize the amount of stain in the fleece at shearing time and as a control for possible flystrike

Question 5

during the onset of ewe parturition what is most likely behaviour

Answer 5

go to high ground

Question 6

foot rot is

Answer 6

Best controlled by regular paring of the feet and footbathing in Zinc sulphate solution

Question 7

male lambs as young as 2-6 weeks are commonly

Answer 7

castrated and tail docked

Question 8

In the wool industry, “crimp” refers to?

Answer 8

The natural waviness of a wool fibre that varies with the diameter of the fibre

Question 9

common management procedures at weaning include

Answer 9

drenching the lambs and the moving them onto fresh pasture that is as free from worm larva asap

Question 10

meat breeds of sheep that also exhibit fleece shedding

Answer 10

Are primarily used to produce lambs for meat as their fleeces are of low quality