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Zoo Family for Sheep?
Ovine
TERM 2
Adult Female Sheep?
DEFINITION 2
Ewe
TERM 3
Young sheep
DEFINITION 3
Lamb
TERM 4
Castrated male sheep
DEFINITION 4
Wether
TERM 5
Adult Male sheep
DEFINITION 5
Ram
Giving birth to a lamb
Lambing
TERM 7
Zoo family for Goat?
DEFINITION 7
Caprine
TERM 8
Adult Female Goat?
DEFINITION 8
Doe
TERM 9
Young Goat
DEFINITION 9
kid
TERM 10
Castrated Male Goat?
DEFINITION 10
Wether
Dairy Goat breeds?
Nubian, Saanen (European origin)
TERM 17
Meat Goat breeds?
DEFINITION 17
Spanish Boer and crossbreds (African origin)
TERM 18
What type of stomach are sheep and goats
DEFINITION 18
True ruminant: So, strict herbivores with limited capacity to
safely digest concentrates and fats
TERM 19
When are goat and sheep estrus?
DEFINITION 19
Seasonally polyestrus..."short-day" breeders. SO breeding is
typically in the fall followed by lambing/kidding in the spring.
TERM 20
Gestation lenght for sheep and goats?
DEFINITION 20
About 4 months
Weaning for sheep and goats?
often performed at 3-4 months
TERM 22
Puberty for sheep and goats?
DEFINITION 22
6 months if the animal was born early in the year. Late lambs
may not be old enough to reach puberty before winter. In
that case they will not start cyclng until the next breeding
season.
TERM 23
Small farm/hobby producers: Sheep
DEFINITION 23
Often exploit both local meat and wool markets. may add
value to the product by selling clothing and cured or
processed meats as opposed to raw wool/meat
TERM 24
Commercial Producers: Sheep
DEFINITION 24
Large feedlots are mainly in western US along with cattle
feedlots. Lambs are fed to a body weight of 100-150 pounds
before slaughter. Lambs raised for this purpose are not
shorn.
TERM 25
Slaughter Weight for sheep?
DEFINITION 25
100-150 pounds
Hampshire sheep
heavly cheated, not a lot of hair fast growth but are smaller
White hair and black onhead and on legs and hoofMeat breed
TERM 32
Suffolk Sheep
DEFINITION 32
Not difficult to train, Smaller breed good musclingMeat breed
TERM 33
Mutton
DEFINITION 33
6 months old
TERM 34
Lamb
DEFINITION 34
less than 6 months old
TERM 35
Rambouillet Sheep
DEFINITION 35
Large size and amaternal breed has horns waist high
Corriedale Sheep
Maternal Breed, lots of wool, large in size
TERM 37
Merino Sheep
DEFINITION 37
Wool Breed, Large size with lots of wool
TERM 38
Saanen
DEFINITION 38
White color, good milk fat, puts lots of protein in milk dairy
goat
TERM 39
Spanish Boer
DEFINITION 39
Horns that grow to the back meat goat
TERM 40
Zoological Kingdoem for bird
DEFINITION 40
Avain (not mammals)
Adult Female Trukey
Hen
TERM 47
Immature Female Turkey
DEFINITION 47
poult
TERM 48
Younge Turkey
DEFINITION 48
Chick
TERM 49
Chicken used for egg
Production?
DEFINITION 49
Layers
TERM 50
Chickens used for meat
production?
DEFINITION 50
Broilers
Incubation for Chicken
21 days
TERM 52
Incubation for Turkeys
DEFINITION 52
28 days
TERM 53
Brooding
DEFINITION 53
the first couple of weeks of life in which flight (adult)
feathers begin to emerge. This is time (just after hatching)
when chicks are most susceptible to disease/stress
TERM 54
What kind of stomachs do Poultry have?
DEFINITION 54
They are Monogastrics and are true omnviors
