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Sheep & Goat Production
By Ariel Bunting
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Question 1
1.
What was the major cause in the decrease in lamb production and consumption?
Question 2
2.
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
Question 3
3.
This term is used to describe the practice of adopting lambs onto ewes with single or dead lambs.
Colostrum
Gifting
Grafting
Lambing
Question 4
4.
What term is used to describe mature male and female sheep?
Doe and Ram
Ewe and Ram
Ewe and Buck
Doe and Buck
Question 5
5.
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
Question 6
6.
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
Question 7
7.
What is the term used to describe meat from sheep that is a year or older?
Mutton
Wether
Chevon
Lamb
Question 8
8.
What is the scientific name for sheep?
Bos Taurus
Sus Domesticus
Equus Ferus
Ovis Aries
Question 9
9.
A wether is used to describe a castrated goat or sheep.
True
False
Question 10
10.
What is the technical term for a mature female goat?
Doe
Heifer
Nanny
Ewe
Question 11
11.
The average body temperature of sheep is around ...
98 - 100
90 - 94
95 - 97
101 - 104
Question 12
12.
The term for a young, immature goat.
Kid
Chevon
Lamb
Wether
Question 13
13.
What is a chevon?
Goat meat
Fiber from goat used for products
A breed of goat
Leather made from goats
Question 14
14.
Lambs are typically weaned at about what age?
1 month
1 year
3 months
1 week
Question 15
15.
When lambs are processed, which of the following is not part of the process?
Castration
Tattoo
Shearing
Tail docking
Question 16
16.
Sheep are seasonal breeders.
True
False
Question 17
17.
What is the process of a lamb giving birth called?
Sheeping
Kidding
Lambing
Gestation
Question 18
18.
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
Question 19
19.
Which of the following is
not
a good defense of sheep?
Coyote
Llama
Dog
Donkey
Question 20
20.
Mohair is sheep's coat that is used as fiber for products.
True
False
Question 21
21.
What might a sheep producer used a marking harness? What is it and what does it do for the producer?
Question 22
22.
This is the technical term for a mature male goat.
Buck
Billy
Wether
Lamb
Question 23
23.
When are ewes bred?
Spring and Fall
Spring and Summer
Fall and Summer
Summer and Winter
Question 24
24.
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
Question 25
25.
This is meat from a sheep under a year old.
Wether
Chevon
Lamb
Mutton
Question 26
26.
Name a breed of sheep or goats.