sheep Production

False

There are only 6 quizzes in the class.

True

The textbook for this class is recommended, not required.

False

About ¾ of the sheep in the US are east of the Mississippi River.

True

Australia is the country that we import the most lamb from.

False

Sheep are not used for dairy production.

True

Before WW2 Ky Spring lamb was a major dish in the eastern US market.

True

According to the 2022 Ag Census, Ky was 8th in the nation for sheep operations.

Mutton

Blank is the term used to refer to meat from sheep over one year of age.

Seasonal

Sheep are blank breeders by nature, though not all breeds strictly follow this.

President Woodrow Wilson

Blank actually grazed sheep on the White Hosue lawn and sold the wool to support the Red Cross.

Blood

In wool sheep th classification can be either fiber diameter or the blank system.

Hair

Breeds of sheep classified as blank sheep do not develop wool and shed their coat each spring.

Flock

A group of sheep is commonly called a blank rather than a herd.

True

For a breed to be classified as being Fine Wooled, the fiber should be between 14 and 22 microns

False

Sheep producers in the east generally have large flocks.

False

Most western flocks are converting to hair breeds of sheep.

True

Due to their reduced size sheep do not have the hoof action as cattle and are not as likely to impact riparian areas as much as cattle.

True

Explosives are one of the products produced from fats and fatty acids from sheep.

True

The pelt and wool of sheep have been used as asphalt binders.

False

A trait of dairy sheep is that they store most of their fat around their tail head and thus one distinguishing characteristics of breeds in the group.

False

Small ruminants are any farm animal that is smaller than a cow.

True

Farm raised deer are considered small ruminants.

False

Sheep and goats have the same Cu requirement.

True

Both sheep and goats can be used for brush control in prescribed grazing or vegetative management programs.

True

Llamas are small ruminants and have been used for predator control for other small ruminants.

Browser

When discussing forage preferences goats are more of a blank than a grazer.

Chevon

Meat from goats is called blank per USDA though some call meet from younger animals cabrito.

Keds

Blank are a sheep specific parasite.

Angora

The blank breed of goats is used for fiber production and the fiber produced is called Mohair.

Overeating Disease

A common disease that goat and sheep producers vaccinate for is Clostridium perfinges types C and D this diseases is commonly called

true

Hair breeds are the fastest growing group and do not produce wool.

false

The value of wool has increased greatly over the past 30 years.

true

      Breeding goals need to be focused on the industry and economics.

true

The inheritance of fleece color is an example of epistasis.

true

A major task of sheep breeder is to implement a record-keeping system as part of genetic evaluation and selection.

Lacuane

_________________ is a French dairy breed found in the south-central part of the country, the milk is used for Roquefort blue cheese. 

Jacob

_____________ is a colored or specialty breed of unknown origin but has been raised in England for over 350 years, it generally has a spotted color and is one of the breeds that develop 4 horns.

Sire

_____________ breeds are breeds used primarily for carcass traits and terminal crosses.

NSIP

In sheep _____________ calculates in flock EBVS for sheep producers.

Inbreeding

___________________ is the practice of mating individuals that are more closely related than the average of the population.