Recent questions tagged sheep

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 refined wool grease?

Last Answer : Lanoline

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 : What is the wool from one sheep called?

Last Answer : Fleece

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 term describes the natural waviness of wool fiber?

Last Answer : Crimp

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

Description : Name 3 keys to prevention of disease.

Last Answer : Keep facilities clean, have vaccination program, have adequate housing and space, provide fresh clean water, feed a balanced diet, control predatorsel rodents, control exposure to other species and new animals, ... stomach worms, d. brown stomach worms e. stomach hair worms, f. coccidiosis

Description : What disease is the biggest problem in the sheep industry that affects the central nervous system and has no known cure?

Last Answer : Scrapie

Description : What is another name for entertoxemia?

Last Answer : Overeating Disease

Description : What is the cause of White Muscle Disease?

Last Answer : Lack of selenium and/or Vitamin E

Description : What is the disease that causes a lamb to have stiff muscles and a hunched back?

Last Answer : White Muscle Disease

Description : What is a symptom of rectal prolapse?

Last Answer : Rectum hangs out

Description : How long should the tail be left when docking?

Last Answer : At least 2 tailbones long

Description : Name one tool used for docking tails on lambs

Last Answer : Emasculator, burdizzo, elastic band

Description : What are 2 possible causes of lamb losses?

Last Answer : Not breathing, cold, starvation, pneumonia, scours, Navel Ill, entropion (inverted eyelids), urinary calculi (H2O belly)

Description : What are 2 signs of lambing?

Last Answer : The udder will begin to fill, the ewe will go off by herself, the ewe is restless, the ewe will lie down and get up often, stretching

Description : When should lambs be introduced to creep or grain?

Last Answer : When they begin nursing.

Description : Because of their rumen, sheep and cattle can digest what, that monogastrics, such as humans con not?

Last Answer : Forage, roughage

Description : What are animals with a four compartment stomach called?

Last Answer : Ruminants

Description : Where is fatness measured?

Last Answer : At the 12th rib over the rib eye muscle.

Description : What is the major factor that affects cutability in a carcass?

Last Answer : Fatness

Description : What is the best yield grade for cutability?

Last Answer : One

Description : What does cutability mean?

Last Answer : The yield of closely trimmed retail cuts from major wholesale cuts of a carcass