Level 3 Sheep

Medium wool breeds were bred for both wool and meat?

• True

• False

Meat breeds were developed primarily for lamb production?

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-5

When establishing a small flock, you should select ewes of different ages?

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

The normal temperature of a mature sheep?

• 98.6

• 102.3

• 105

• 107.5

The average gestation period of a ewe is?

• 138-145 days

• 144-152 days

• 121-138 days

• over 152 days

The first stomach of a sheep is called the?

• Rumen

• Retriculum

• Omasum

• Abomasum

which of the following is not a good practice when a shearer is coming in the morning to shear your sheep?

• Feed the sheep heavy the night before the shearer comes

• Put the sheep in the barn that night

• Have the area prepared where the shearing is to be done

• Have a source of electrical power at the shearing are ready when the shearer arrives

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

The highest USDA carcass quality grade is

• Commercial

• Select

• Choice

• Prime

A newborn lamb must receive colostrum milk because it is?

• laxative

• High in antibodies

• High in Vitamins

• All of these

it is recemmended that for good maintenance lambs weighing from 70 to 100 pounds should receive the following ration?

• 35% roughage

  65% grain& crude protein

• 60% roughage

  40% grain & crude protein

• 50 % roughage

  50% grain & crude protein

• 20% roughage

  80% grain & crude protein