Sheep Round Robin Questions

General Information

1. What do you call an intact adult male sheep, an adult female, a baby?
   • Ram, ewe, lamb
2. What do we mean by cloven hoof?
   • It is split into two parts
3. What are the main products that sheep are raised for?
   • Wool, meat, milk
4. What is the difference between a ruminant and a monogastric animal?
   • Ruminants have complex, four compartment stomachs while monogastrics have simple, one compartment stomachs.
5. What is ruminating?
   • Chewing the cud
6. What is a cud?
   • The feed the sheep has brought up from the rumen and is rechewing

Breeding and Care

1. The first milk from a ewe following parturition is called what?
   • Colostrum
2. What term is used to describe the length of time from breeding to lambing?
   • Gestation
3. What is tagging or crutching?
   • Removal of the wool from the udder and vaginal area prior to lambing
4. As a ruminant, the sheep bases its diet on what class of feedstuffs?
   • Roughages such as pasture, hay and corn silage
5. Routine hoof trimming will help to control and identify what?
   • Footrot
6. How often is a sheep shorn?
   • Once or twice a year

Type Questions: Meat, Dairy and Wool

1. Name 3 common breeds of sheep
   • Meat – Suffolk, Dorset, Hampshire
   • Wool – Merino, Romney, Cotswold, Lincoln, Rambouillet
   • Dairy – East Friesian, Lacaune
2. What is the approximate age of a lamb carcass?
   • 2 to 14 months old
3. List the four major primal cuts of lamb
   • Leg, loin, rack, shoulder
4. Name two of the four USDA quality grades of sheep
   • Prime, choice, good, utility
5. What do you call purified wool grease?
   • Lanolin
6. What is the natural waviness of wool fibers called?
   • Crimp
7. What is the wool from a sheep used for?
   • Clothing, sweaters, boots, blankets, seat covers, carpet, tennis ball covers, oil spill pads, and more
8. Sheep’s’ milk is higher in what three areas than cow’s milk?
   • Fat, solids, and minerals
9. What is made from sheep’s milk?
   • Cheese, yogurt

Diseases and Health

1. Why is it important to change a sheep’s feed ration slowly?
   • To give the rumen bacteria time to adapt to a new feed
2. What happens if the feed ration in a sheep is changed too quickly?
   • Bloat
3. What nutrient if left out of the diet will cause death first?
   • Water
4. What is an anthelmintic?
   • A compound for deworming
5. What mineral is toxic to sheep at doses that are appropriate to cattle?
   • Copper
6. What is bottle jaw in sheep an indication of?
   • Severe internal parasite infestation
7. A sheep ked may also be referred to as a what?
   • Tick