cattle, sheep, and dog/cat breeds (handling exam)

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Short horn

-dual purpose breed

-characteristic mottled coat, can be red and white or blue and white

-colouring tends to come through in cross breeding!

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Short horn

-characteristic mottled coat, here blue and white

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Friesian (hostein/british)

-black and white, large breed

-can be red and white but that’s rare

-most common dairy breed in ireland

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Aberdeen angus

-black in colour, bred for length and depth, compact body with short legs

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Kerry

-small and hardy, fully black with sometimes some white on the udder, fine boned delicate heads

-horns are white with black tips

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Ayrshine (‘air-sure’) (scottish)

-red and white, medium sized (smaller than friesian)

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Jersey

-smaller than ayrshire and friesian

-range of brown colors, with lighter band around muzzle and darker tail

-baby face

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Hereford (british)

-red bodies, white face, crest, dewlap, and underline

-usually white head comes through in crossbreeding, common hereford x friesian causing ‘black Whitehead’

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hereford x friesian

“black whitehead”

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Brown Swiss

-distinctive brown coat (brown to light grey), creamy white muzzles and dark eyes

-not common in ireland

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Montbéliarde (french)

-red and white, similar to red and white friesians

-not as common in ireland

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Normande

-medium sized

-coat is typically red and white or speckled, but can also be black and white or blonde

-"Spectacles" (dark patches around the eyes) are often present

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Limousin

-whole body red, paler around eyes and face, broad muzzle

-when cross bred with a breed with black (eg friesian), offspring usually 4/5 black and 1/5 red

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Charolais

-cream/white, large frame, muscular build

-crossbreds often creamy orange or mousey brown

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Charolais cross (notice orangey tan overall colour)

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Simmental (continental)

-white head, red and white, black and white, or brown and white body

-typically heavier dewlap than hereford

-better conformation than hereford

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Blonde d'Aquitaine

-large framed muscles

-wheat or cream coloured, paler around eyes and muzzle

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Belgian Blue

-double muscling

-white, blue and white, black and white

-blue grey colours/mottling comes through in cross breeds

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charolais x friesian

-can be mousy brown colour, orange/yellow, or cream white

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Blackface mountain

-white with black or speckled heads and legs

-cross with Blue leicester to produce Greyface and Mule

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Suffolk

-jet black head and legs

-polled

-long black ears dropping forward slightly

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Texel

-white, blocky, square head with black nose

-NO wool on head or legs

-ears at 10 and 2, polled

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Cheviot

-white faced, black nose muzzle

-slightly curved nose (not as pronounces as Border Leceister)

-pricked ears, perkier than texel, mostly polled

-no wool on face or legs

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Hampshire down

-white sheep, black head and legs

-fine wool on head surrounding eyes, and on legs

-polled

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Beltex

-good double muscling, more muscling than texel especially in hindquarters, white face

-wedge shaped appearance

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Border Leicester

-polled, white sheep

-no wool on head and legs

-pronounced roman nose and very large ears

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Blueface Leicester

-similar to Boarder Leicester, BUT curly wool

-blue tinge to head and neck

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Dorset Horn, Polled Dorset

-all white with wool on head and legs

-nose and lips have distinguished PINK colour

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Vendeen

-white body, brown/grey legs and head

-polled

-wool on forehead

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Galway

-large white polled face

-bob of wool on head and wool on legs

-outer lips are dark colour and dark spots common on ears

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Charollais

-white body, brown/reddish/pinkish/grey face (can appear hairless)

-no wool on face

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Milford crossbreds

-mix of Kerry Hill, Leicesters, and Blackface mountains

-clear speckled face

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Belclare

-short white face

-ears at 3 and 9

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Bleu du Maine

-white coloured loose wool

-head and legs are dark purplish/blue colour

-some wool on head, but then also skin

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Rouge de L’Ouest

-white coloured loose wool

-head and legs are red/pinkish, less hair on face than charollais

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Finish Landrace

-short ears, pink nose, woolless legs and head

-short woolless tail

-curly wool

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Southdowns

-some wool on face, legs and ears

-white with black nostrils

What is the breed that looks like a german shepard but isnt?

Alsatian (al-say-shuns)

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german shorthair pointer

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Australian shepherd

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cocker spaniel

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english springer

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cavalier king charles spaniel

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Irish setter (red setter)

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irish terrier

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Jack Russell Terrier (longer hair, but can be short)

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Bichon Frise (bishon freezay)

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Rat terrier

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minature schnauzer

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bernese mountain dog

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St Bernard

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Siamese cat

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british short hair

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persian

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Ragdoll

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American Shorthair

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Burmese

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exotic shorthair

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german wirehaired pointer

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russian blue

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Bengal

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Domestic shorthair

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Domestic longhair (many many colours and variations)

what are the injection site on a cow?

SQ = under skin, just cranial to the shoulder blade

IM = hand down from dorsal neck to avoid spine and nunchal (new col) ligament, not too far down to avoid jugular (feel for muscle)

*avoid back end if possible especially if meat cow

sheep injection sites

similar to cow, mainly on and around neck

SQ = armpits or flank

IM = neck (avoid jugular), can do hind leg but want to avoid because of meat cuts

What is the estimated weight for a ewe and ram?

good BCS ram = 80-100kg

good BCS ewe = 60-80kg

age this sheep

all milk teeth, ~12 months old (1 year)

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2 adult, 12-19 months old (1-1.5 years)

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4 adult, 18-24 months old (1.5-2 years)

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6 adult, 23-46 months old (2-3.8 years)

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all adult, 24-48 months (2-4 years)

What would you look for when body conditioning a dog?

good (5) = visible waist and abdominal tuck, ribs can be felt

how would you estimate the weight of a dog/cat?

average cat = 3-5 kg (autumn is 5 kg)

dog = 1kg = 2.2lbs (health lab is 25-35kg)

What would you look for when body conditioning a sheep?

3 = horizontal and vertical spinal processes are rounded and smooth, bone only felt with pressure

how do you take the pulse of a dog

femoral artery in the femoral triangle

injection sites for dog

triceps on front leg

qudraceps and hamstrings on hind leg

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