Small Ruminants Flashcards
Oldest domesticated farm animals?
Goats
of Chromosomes goats have?
60
Broad reasons people keep goats?
meat, milk, hides, fiber
Eating Methods:
Goats are _____, while sheep are ______
browsers, grazers
A limiting factor in goat keeping is sometimes….
the strong smell associated with the males
Two genuses of wild goats?
Genus capra, genus hemitragus
The 6 main breeds of dairy goats
Nubian, Saanen, Toggenburg, Alpine, Oberhaslie La mancha
Two main types of meat goats
Boer Spanish
3 main reasons to keep sheep
meat, milk, fiber
T/F due to their different grazing spectrum, sheep cannot be pastured with cattle and horses
F, they can be.
2 main wool types of sheep
Merino, Rambuillet
5 main meat types of sheep
Suffolk, Southdown Dorset Texel Hampshire
3 main hair types of sheep
Barbados black belly,
Virgin Island white
Katahdin
T/F The gums are not the best location to accurately assess membrane color in sheep/goats
T, look at the bulbar and palpebral conjunctiva.
When examining the bulbar and palpebral conjunctiva, where should you apply pressure to get the third eyelid to appear?
Apply pressure at the lateral canthus of the globe.
Membrane examination:
1) Pale to white is suggestive of _____
2) yellow to light brown is suggestive of ____
3) large prominant vessels in bulbar conjunctiva is indicative of _____
1) Haemonchosis
2) hemolysis secondary to copper toxicosis
3) toxemia
Flaccid paralysis of the ear, eyelid, muzzle, cheek, and/or nostril combined with excessive drooling and/or tongue protrusion is highly suggestive of what disease?
Listeriosis
PE:
No menace response with an intact pupillary light reflex is common with what disease?
Polioencephalomalacia
PE:
A bilateral clear to serous nasal discharge is normal or abnormal?
Nomal
PE:
The presence of ulcerative or proliferative lesions on the lips, muzzle, and nostril may indicated what two diseases?
ORF or Bluetongue
PE:
An accumulation of fluid in the submandibular space (aka ______) is often secondary to ________
(aka bottle jaw)
gastrointestinal parasitism.
PE:
An acetone odor to the breath indicates _____. This is typically associated with ______ in sheep.
Ketosis.
Pregnancy Toxemia
PE:
A foul odor form the mouth suggests _____, ______, or even ______
stomatitis, pharyngitis, pneumonia.
PE:
vomiting in a small ruminant is almost always associated with a ______.
toxic plant ingestion.