Animal Science 114, Exam 2 (Dr. Jodi Sterle @ ISU) Review Exam Questions And Correct Answers

Texas - correct answers What is the number one sheep producing state? 150 days - correct answers Gestation length for a sheep Hours of daylight that effects the estrous cycle of an animal. - correct answers What is photoperiod? 17 days - correct answers How long is a sheep estrous cycle? After 60 days - correct answers When is a lamb weaned from its mother? 200% lamb crop each spring. (Two lambs per ewe) - correct answers Main goal of the sheep industry refers to animals that flock together in groups - correct answers What does the term gregarious mean? range flock and farm flock - correct answers What are the two types of flocks? Ramboulette - correct answers What is a popular range flock breed? Large birds and coyotes - correct answers Major predators to range flock sheep coyotes and dogs - correct answers Major predators to farm flocks 25-100 head - correct answers Average farm flock head size is... farm flocks are highly managed. range flocks are not. - correct answers When is different about farm flocks than range flocks? portable pen where ewes and lambs are held together in to bond/feed lamb - correct answers What is a jug? Dogs, Jennys, Llamas - correct answers What are popular guard animals for sheep? they are considered herders and do not guard the sheep, their only job is to coral them and make the labor on the farmer more manageable. - correct answers Why isn't a border collie considered a guard dog? check the third eye lid... if its white they have anemia, which means that they have worms - correct answers What is a sign of anemia in sheep? 90% corn diet - correct answers What are sheep fed in feedlots? 70-90lbs=enter, 120-150lbs=exit - correct answers when do sheep enter the feedlots? (What lbs) When do they exit? 4 - 10 months - correct answers How long are the sheep fed in the feedlots? Over eating, which results in clostridium perfringes Urinary calculi (only in males), caused by unbalance of P:Ca - correct answers Major diseases in sheep... Merino - correct answers What is the number 1 wool breed crimp and diameter - correct answers What determines wool quality? clean your wool - correct answers Scour means to... natural oils coming from the wool of the sheep - correct answers what is lanolin? once - correct answers how many times is a sheep shorn in a year? 150 days (same as sheep so that should be easy to remember) - correct answers How long is a goats gestation? 21 days - correct answers how long is a goals estrous cycle meat, milk, mohair - correct answers Three main goats products are... (three M's) Lamb - correct answers If a sheep is less than one year old it's meat is considered... Mutton - correct answers If a sheep is older than one year it's meat is considered... 90% - correct answers What % of dairy farms are family owned? growing, decreasing - correct answers the dairy operation is..._______________________, while the number of farms is ________________________. Good ole California - correct answers What is the top dairy producing state? 150 head, 212 head - correct answers Average midwest head size for a dairy farm in the midwest is ________________, and in the west it is______________