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4h Sheep Showmanship Questions
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Agriculture
12th Grade
08/13/2015

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Name 3 cuts of lamb
Definition
Shoulder, rack, loin, breast, flank, leg
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How many permanent teeth do a 1 year old sheep have?
Definition
2
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How many permanent teeth do a 2 year old sheep have?
Definition
4
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How many permanent teeth do a 3 year old sheep have?
Definition
6
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How many permanent teeth do a 4 year old sheep have?
Definition
8
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How many permanent teeth do a older than 4 year old sheep have?
Definition
Hard to tell over 4, teeth change.
Term
Name 2 breeds of fine wool sheep.
Definition
Merino, rambouillet,
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Name 3 medium wool or meat production breeds.
Definition
Suffolk, hampshire, dorset, montadale, shropshire
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Name 3 long wool breeds.
Definition
Romney, winsleydale, lincoln
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Where did the hampshire originate from?
Definition
Hampshire England
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Where did the suffolk originate from?
Definition
Suffolk England
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Where did the Columbia originate from?
Definition
American
Term
Name a horned sheep breed.
Definition
Rambouillet, dorset horned,
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When was your sheep born?
Definition
Know your date
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If you had to change something on your lamb what would it be?
Definition
Know your confirmation faults.
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What does this usda tag mean?
Definition
It's provides a flock number to identify the producer to track scrapies.Scrapie is a fatal, degenerative disease affecting the central nervous system of sheep and goats. Infected flocks that contain a high percentage of susceptible animals can experience significant production losses. In these flocks over a period of several years the number of infected animals increases and the age at onset of clinical signs decreases making these flocks economically unviable. Animals sold from infected flocks spread scrapie to other flocks.
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What is the gestation period for sheep?
Definition
145-155 or about 5 months.
Term
What are the most valuable cuts of meat on a lamb?
Definition
neck, shoulder, shank, back,
breast, loin, flank, leg
Term
What is the most prime cut of meat on a lamb?
Definition
Loin
Term
How many teeth does a lamb have?
Definition
8 incisors and 24 molars.
Term
What is the ideal back fat on a lamb.
Definition
.25
Term
Yield Grade Formula =
Definition
0.4 + ( 10 x adjusted back fat thickness, inches)
Term
What is the % of crude protein in your feed?
Definition
Lambs get 18% and my adults get 12%
Term
Name two sheep byproducts.
Definition
Term
How many parts are there to the sheep stomach? Can you name them?
Definition
4; rumen, reticulum, abomasums, omasum
Term
What is the normal body temperature of a sheep?
Definition
Term
How much do you feed your lamb?
Definition
.4 per
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What is the average loin eye size for market lambs?
Definition
Term
Name minerals needed to help build bones and teeth.
Definition
Salt, calcium, phosphorus, iodine, selenium,
Term
Name some external parasites
Definition
Keds, wool magots,lice, leg lice, head grubs
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Name some internal parasites
Definition
Term
Name some infectious diseases
Definition
Entertoxemia, sore mouth, tetanus,vibrosis, leptospirosis, pneumonia, white muscle disease.
Term
Name cuts of meat
Definition
Loin chop, loin roast, leg chop
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