OSU Meat Goat Boot Camp
Pre-Test
1. FAMACHA is a parasite evaluation technique based on:
a. Hair coat condition
b. How fat or thin a goat is
c. The color of the inside of the eyelids
d. The consistency of the goat’s stool
2. Goats are seasonal breeders that are most active sexually in the:
a. Spring
b. Summer
c. Fall
d. Winter
3. Adjusted weaning weight takes into consideration:
a. The age of the mother
b. The actual weaning age of the kid in days
c. The number of siblings
d. All of the above
4. For optimum reproductive efficiency goats should be in what body condition score range at the
time of breeding.
a. 1 to 1 ½
b. 2 ½ to 3
c. 4 ½ to 5
d. 6 ½ to 7
5. Parasite resistance to dewormers is caused by:
a. Deworming too frequently
b. Deworming all the goats at one time
c. Turning freshly dewormed goats onto clean fresh pastures
d. Under dosing with drugs not labeled for use in goats
e. All of the above
6. How many dewormers are currently legal for producers to use in their goats?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 4
d. 6
7. Percent protein and energy required in the diet are lower for larger animals?
a. True
b. False
8. Hay can be classified in low, medium and high protein sources with low protein hay usually below
8.9%?
a. True
b. False
9. Soybean meal is considered better that cottonseed meal because it typically has a crude protein
analysis value of ?
a. 20%
b. 27%
c. 41%
d. 44%
10. The calcium to phosphorus ration should be:
a. 1:1
b. 1:2
c. 2:1
d. 1:3
11. Which animal has the highest nutritional needs?
a. 110 lbs doe @ maintenance
b. 110 lbs doe in late gestation with a single kid
c. 110 lbs doe in early lactation with a single kid
d. 110 lbs dead doe
12. How many pounds of forage will a 150 lb goat consume per day on average?
a. 3 lbs
b. 6 lbs
c. 9 lbs
d. 12 lbs
13. How many lbs of Nitrogen does it take to produce 1 ton of forage?
a. 20
b. 30
c. 40
d. 50
e. 60
14. What is a forb?
a. A misspelling of Ford
b. A specific plant species
c. Weeds and brush
d. Woody plants and grass
15. What is a balanced forage system?
a. A system that has all of the pastures the same size.
b. A system that weighs out the forage before it is fed to the animals.
c. A system that uses a mixture of warm and cool season grazing to minimize feeding hay.
d. A system that has the same amount of warm and cool season pastures.
16. Consumption of roundworm eggs by a small ruminate will infect them with roundworms?
a. True
b. False
17. It is normal to find worms in healthy animals?
a. True
b. False
18. Grazing Sericea Lespedeza can reduce fecal egg counts in goats?
a. True
b. False
19. What are the three W’s of marketing?
a. Where, When and Who
b. What, When, and Weight
c. What, Where and When
d. Whatever, Whenever, and Whoever
20. Seasonal price change is due to only what ethnic holiday is coming up next?
a. True
b. False
21. Price volatility (the fluctuation of prices from week to week) is higher in
a. Winter (Dec-Feb)
b. Spring (March-May)
c. Summer (June-August)
d. Fall (September-November)
22. Ear tags should be put in each animal for
a. Identification
b. A method to help keep records
c. USDA Scrapie program
d. A&B
e. A&C
f. All of the Above
23. What is “Drenching”?
a. Soaking down a goat
b. Giving medication through the skin
c. Administering either a medication or nutrient supplement orally
d. Giving a goat an enema
24. When giving medication what does subcutaneously mean?
a. Give a shot into the hip
b. Give a shot in the neck
c. Give a shot underneath the skin
d. Only a vet should administer the drug.
25. Records should only be kept for tax purposes?
a. True
b. False
26. To estimate a goats age you can look at
a. Length of their horns
b. Teeth
c. Hooves
d. Hair Coat
27. Trimming hooves is just for those animals used in the show ring, a commercial goat operation will
never have to trim the hooves of their goats.
a. True
b. False
28. When doing a business plan for a goat operation a producer should include
a. Mission Statement and Goals
b. Marketing Plan
c. Off Farm Income
d. Financial Statements
e. Projected budgets
f. All of the above
g. None of the above
h. A, B, D and E
29. When your income is higher than your cash expenses then you can say your operation is covering
all your costs.
a. True
b. False
30. The recommended route of administration for most vaccines is:
a. hip, intramuscular
b. lower leg, intramuscular
c. behind the shoulder, intramuscular
d. neck, subcutaneous