Description : Which type of sheep, wool or market breeds, have their hair coat ‘slick shorn’ when they are shown?
Last Answer : Market breeds
Description : What is refined wool grease?
Last Answer : Lanoline
Description : What is the wool from one sheep called?
Last Answer : Fleece
Description : What term describes the natural waviness of wool fiber?
Last Answer : Crimp
Description : What are dung locks, floor sweepings or stained pieces of wool called?
Last Answer : Tags
Description : Name 2 parts of a wool fiber?
Last Answer : Tip, shaft, root, epidermis, cortex, medulla
Description : Which type of lamb takes longer to grow, a market lamb or a wool lamb?
Last Answer : Wool lamb
Description : What is dual purpose sheep breed used for?
Last Answer : Both wool and meat
Description : Name the sheep breed that has a mouse-brown face from England
Last Answer : Southdown
Description : Developed in Finland, this very maternal sheep breed usually has a 250 – 400% lamb crop, what breed is it?
Last Answer : a. Finnsheep
Description : This breed of sheep has the finest fleece and originated in Spain, what breed is it?
Last Answer : Merino
Description : This all-white sheep breed developed in Scotland and is know for easy lambing and good milking capabilities. What breed is it?
Last Answer : a. Cheviot
Description : What breed of sheep can breed out of season?
Last Answer : a. Dorset
Description : What sheep breed has the special qualities of being a sire breed and having a fast growth rate?
Last Answer : a. Hampshire
Description : Where did the sheep breed Columbia develop?
Last Answer : a. U.S.
Description : About what percent of the live weight of a lamb becomes boneless lamb meat?
Last Answer : 33%
Description : Sheep finishing diets have about what percent crude protein?
Last Answer : 12% - 14%
Description : Sheep growing diets have about what percent crude protein?
Last Answer : 15% - 17%
Description : Because of their rumen, sheep and cattle can digest what, that monogastrics, such as humans con not?
Last Answer : Forage, roughage
Description : Why does the Earth’s electric field transfer so easily to the body?
Last Answer : The body is mostly water and minerals. It is a A. The body is mostly water and minerals. It is a good conductor of electricity (electrons). The free ood conductor of electricity (electrons). ... office buildings, we are also insulated and unable to receive the Earth's balancing energies. Back to Top
Description : What is the term used to describe the characteristics of an animal that can be seem or measured?
Last Answer : Phenotype
Description : What is the term used to describe exhibiting more that one estrous per year?
Last Answer : Polyestrus
Description : What is the practice of feeding and managing the ewes so that they are gaining weight when the breeding season begins?
Last Answer : Flushing
Description : Besides dogs, what other animals are used to guard sheep?
Last Answer : Llama, donkeys
Description : What are 2 of the most popular sheep breeds in the U.S.?
Last Answer : Rambouillet, Columbia, Suffolk and Hampshire
Description : Which 2 states are the highest sheep producing states in the U.S.?
Last Answer : Texas and California
Description : About how many sheep are there in the U.S.?
Last Answer : 7 million
Description : What country has the most sheep in the world?
Last Answer : Australia
Description : About how many different breeds of sheep are there in the world?
Last Answer : 914
Description : What are two factors that influence fertility in a ewe?
Last Answer : Heredity; age of ewe; light, temperature, humidity and season of the year; association with the ram, nutrition, disease and parasites
Description : Where does the ovum go from the ovary?
Last Answer : Ovaduct
Description : Where is the ovum released from?
Last Answer : The follicle on the ovary
Description : What do you need to give a good set of reasons?
Last Answer : Knowledge of ideal sheep, knowledge of names of parts and comparative terms, knowledge of reasons organization, ability to take good notes, confidence
Description : What is a written statement giving the record of an animal’s ancestry?
Last Answer : Pedigree
Description : What is another term that refers to sheep?
Last Answer : Ovine
Description : What is a chemical substance that nourishes the body?
Last Answer : Nutrient
Description : What is the period of time when female mammals are producing mile?
Last Answer : Lactation
Description : Where is an intramuscular (IM) injection given
Last Answer : Neck muscle
Description : What is an injection given directly into an animal’s bloodstream?
Last Answer : Intravenous (IV)
Description : What is dystocia?
Last Answer : Difficult birth
Description : What is the oral administration of a liquid, usually medicine for internal parasites/
Last Answer : Drenching
Description : What is a card?
Last Answer : A hand tool used to fit show sheep Machine used to separate wool fibers
Description : What is a birth called which the rear portion of a fetus is presented first?
Last Answer : Breech
Description : What is the term used to describe when a ewe prematurely expels an undeveloped fetus?
Last Answer : Abortion
Description : Where in the U.S. is the highest amount of lamb consumed?
Last Answer : East and West Coasts
Description : How old are most lambs when they are harvested?
Last Answer : 5 – 7 months of age
Description : What are 2 things that should be done with animal medications and drugs to ensure safe use?
Last Answer : Record animals treated, dates treated, products administered, how administered, withdrawal time, properly store and label all animal health products, follow all directions
Description : What term is used to describe practices that are done to ensure that only animals that will produce safe and wholesome meat are being set to market?
Last Answer : Quality Assurance
Description : Name a common external parasite
Last Answer : Ticks, maggots, lice, mosquitoes