Sheep Production

A synthetic breed is developed from a planned crossbreeding program establishing a certain percentage of their genes from established breeds.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which sheep breed developed in Finland is known for delivering litters of three to five lambs?

• Finnsheep

• Lincoln

• Merino

• Suffolk

Which of these breeds have been used as the foundation stock for many other wool breeds and is known for fine wool.

• Suffolk

• Lincoln

• Merino

• Texel

Which of these breeds is the most popular breed of sheep in the United States?

• Lincoln

• Suffolk

• Merino

• Texel

Which breeds produce wool used for high quality clothing manufacture?

• Fine wool breeds

• Medium wool breeds

• Long wool breeds

Hampshire, Southdown and Suffolk breeds are examples of

• Synthetic Breeds

• Wool Breeds

• Meat Breads

• Long Wool Breeds

Which breed classification is a cross breed between a fine wool breed and a long wool breed?

• Medium wool breeds

• Hair sheep breeds

Sheep consume roughly 30 to 50 percent of their body weight each day.

• True

• False

Which type of operation is aimed toward maximizing production and market value of offspring?

• Seedstock

• Purebred

• Commercial

• All of the above

______________ are a common problem of sheep as they attach to the lining of the digestive tract where they absorb nutrients and suck blood.

• External parasites

• Internal parasites