{"id":11757,"date":"2025-06-04T13:20:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T20:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/sanjuan\/?page_id=11757"},"modified":"2026-03-04T11:42:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T19:42:57","slug":"sheep-round-robin-questions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/sanjuan\/sheep-round-robin-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheep Round Robin Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">General Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>What do you call an intact adult male sheep, an adult female, a baby?\n<ul>\n<li>Ram, ewe, lamb<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What do we mean by cloven hoof?\n<ul>\n<li>It is split into two parts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What are the main products that sheep are raised for?\n<ul>\n<li>Wool, meat, milk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What is the difference between a ruminant and a monogastric animal?\n<ul>\n<li>Ruminants have complex, four compartment stomachs while monogastrics have simple, one compartment stomachs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What is ruminating?\n<ul>\n<li>Chewing the cud<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What is a cud?\n<ul>\n<li>The feed the sheep has brought up from the rumen and is rechewing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Breeding and Care<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>The first milk from a ewe following parturition is called what?\n<ul>\n<li>Colostrum<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What term is used to describe the length of time from breeding to lambing?\n<ul>\n<li>Gestation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What is tagging or crutching?\n<ul>\n<li>Removal of the wool from the udder and vaginal area prior to lambing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As a ruminant, the sheep bases its diet on what class of feedstuffs?\n<ul>\n<li>Roughages such as pasture, hay and corn silage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Routine hoof trimming will help to control and identify what?\n<ul>\n<li>Footrot<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How often is a sheep shorn?\n<ul>\n<li>Once or twice a year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Type Questions: Meat, Dairy and Wool<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Name 3 common breeds of sheep\n<ul>\n<li>Meat &#8211; 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