small ruminant production

Question 1

suffolk sheep

Answer 1

meat
babies are black

Question 2

Dorset sheep

Answer 2

horned and poled
meat

Question 3

finn sheep

Answer 3

have litters (3-5)

Question 4

male sheep

Answer 4

ram

Question 5

female sheep

Answer 5

ewe

Question 6

castrated male sheep

Answer 6

whether

Question 7

hampshire sheep

Answer 7

meat

Question 8

st croix sheep

Answer 8

shed like a dog, flighty, parasitic resistant, cycle out of season, meat

Question 9

barbados black belly sheep

Answer 9

similar to st croix, hair sheep, meat

Question 10

katahdin sheep

Answer 10

good moms
hair sheep
meat

Question 11

merino sheep

Answer 11

wool

Question 12

goat vs sheep tail

Answer 12

goat tail up
sheep tail down

Question 13

Boer goat

Answer 13

show goats, meat

Question 14

kiko goat

Answer 14

meat and dairy, a little parasite resistant

Question 15

spanish goats

Answer 15

mutts

Question 16

market for lambs, kids, cull sheep and goats

Answer 16

stockyard and individual sales

Question 17

market for woll

Answer 17

sold in wool pools

Question 18

meat market sales

Answer 18

depends on ethnicity and religious holidays

Question 19

reproduction for meat goats/sheep

Answer 19

most natural service, not AI
rams/bucks turned out with does and ewes at rate of 1/30 female

Question 20

male goat

Answer 20

buck

Question 21

female goat

Answer 21

doe

Question 22

castrated male goat

Answer 22

whether

Question 23

breeding season for meat does/ewes

Answer 23

breed when the days get shorter (short day breeder)
flush females (increase nutrition) 2 weeks prior to breeding system to increase ovulation
expose females to teaser to cycle
sheep- lasts 28 days, 17 day cycle
goats- lasts 35 days, 21 day cycle

Question 24

gestation in sheep

Answer 24

145 days

Question 25

gestation in goats

Answer 25

150 days

Question 26

who is the whore of the animal kingdom

Answer 26

goats

Question 27

weaning meat animals

Answer 27

around 12 weeks

Question 28

post weaning

Answer 28

fed pasture with maybe grain or feedlot slaughter 6-8months

Question 29

goats vs sheep eating

Answer 29

goats are browsers (eat bushes etc) sheep graze grass

Question 30

agora sheep

Answer 30

make mohair

Question 31

alpine, saanen, toggenburg, nubian, laMancha goats east fresian sheep

Answer 31

dairy

Question 32

cashmere

Answer 32

combed out undercoat

Question 33

small ruminant management problems

Answer 33

parasites labor predators marketing seasonal breeders