QUIZ 1:
ANIMAL PRODUCTION
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Date:
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Topic # 3017
Animal Production
Megan Burgess
Spring Lambing Program
1. Match the following term with the correct definition:
____a. Ewe
1. Shaving the wool
____b. Lamb
2. Male sheep
____c. Ram
3. Female sheep
____d. Weaning
4. Less than I year old
____e. Shearing
5. Remove from nursing
2. What is the objective of a profitable lambing program?
a. to make as much wool as possible
b. to produce slaughter lambs of market weight to be sold July and August
c. to interfere with other agriculture industries
d. to purchase good, sound, and healthy ewes
3. Name two breeds of sheep that would be suitable to cross between ewes.
4. What should you feed lambs?
a. creep-feed and a mixture of grain and pasture
b. table scraps
c. put them in the same pasture as other ewes
d. corn
5. Fill in the blank: Lambing rates should be
percent.
6.
True
or
False
Lambs should be weaned at 0-30 days of age.
7.
True
or
False
When lambing be sure to put ewes and lambs in separate pens.
8. When should you shear your ewe?
a. twice a year, before breeding and in the spring
b. four times a year; spring, summer, winter, and autumn
c. once a year in the spring prior to lambing
d. five to six times per year
9. What are two specifications in the selections of rams for your spring lambing
program?
10. What is docking and why and when would you using docking in lambs?