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Sheep & Goat Production

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What was the major cause in the decrease in lamb production and consumption?

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What might a sheep producer used a marking harness? What is it and what does it do for the producer?

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Name a breed of sheep or goats.

What is a chammy?

Meat from young lambs

Cheese made from goats milk

Leather made from sheep or goats

The sheep's coat used for fiber

This term is used to describe the practice of adopting lambs onto ewes with single or dead lambs.

Colostrum

Gifting

Grafting

Lambing

What term is used to describe mature male and female sheep?

Doe and Ram

Ewe and Ram

Ewe and Buck

Doe and Buck

If a sheep is dual purpose, what two things is it most likely raised for?

Milk and Wool

Meat and Wool

Meat and Milk

None of these

What is an advantage of raising sheep?

Sheep are used for more than one purpose

Disease and parasites presence is very high

The price of wool is very low

The popularity of lamb and mutton is low

What is the term used to describe meat from sheep that is a year or older?

Mutton

Wether

Chevon

Lamb

What is the scientific name for sheep?

Bos Taurus

Sus Domesticus

Equus Ferus

Ovis Aries

A wether is used to describe a castrated goat or sheep.

True

False

What is the technical term for a mature female goat?

Doe

Heifer

Nanny

Ewe

The average body temperature of sheep is around ... 

98 - 100

90 - 94

95 - 97

101 - 104

The term for a young, immature goat.

Kid

Chevon

Lamb

Wether

What is a chevon?

Goat meat

Fiber from goat used for products

A breed of goat

Leather made from goats

Lambs are typically weaned at about what age?

1 month

1 year

3 months

1 week

When lambs are processed, which of the following is not part of the process?

Castration

Tattoo

Shearing

Tail docking

Sheep are seasonal breeders. 

True

False

What is the process of a lamb giving birth called?

Sheeping

Kidding

Lambing

Gestation

Which of the following is a disadvantage of raising sheep and goats?

Fast growing

Sheep and goats can be raised together

Efficient eaters of forage

Popularity of lamb and mutton is low

Which of the following is not a good defense of sheep?

Coyote

Llama

Dog

Donkey

Mohair is sheep's coat that is used as fiber for products. 

True

False

This is the technical term for a mature male goat.

Buck

Billy

Wether

Lamb

When are ewes bred?

Spring and Fall

Spring and Summer

Fall and Summer

Summer and Winter

In smaller goat industries, what non-technical terms are used for the male and female goat?

Nanny and Billy

Buck and Doe

Ewe and Ran

Homer and Marge

This is meat from a sheep under a year old.

Wether

Chevon

Lamb

Mutton