Sheep Goat

are grazers are browsers

Sheep Goat
hangs down. for most part stands
up
Sheep Goat
Stockier Slender
Sheep Goat
spirally twisted. long and grow
upward, backward,
and outward
Ram Billy goat
Absent Present
Sheep Goat
Less or absent Strong
Sheep Goat
Stronger than goat Lesser than sheep
 to chew again what has been chewed slightly
and swallowed : chew the cud
 to go over in the mind
repeatedly and often casually
or slowly

 to engage in contemplation :
reflect
 Oral cavity
 Esophagus
 Stomach
◦ Rumen, Reticulum, Omasum, Abomasum
 Small intestine
 Large intestine
 Anus
Largest of the 4 compartments
Fermentation vat
Tiny projections called papillae
 Resemble “honeycomb”
 Lies close to the heart
 Collects smaller ingesta
and move it to the
omasum
 also traps and collects
heavy/dense objects
 “Manyplies, Books”
 absorbs water and
other substances
from digestive
contents
 “True Stomach”
 HCL and Enzymes
 Comparable to stomach
of non ruminant
 20 times length of cattle
 Duodenum,jejunum and
ileum
 Absorption of most
nutrients
 Absorption of water
 Some digestion
What do you call to an intact male sheep?
a. Ram
b. Billy
c. Bull
d. Kid
 A. Ram
◦ B. Billy- intact male goat
◦ C. Bull – Intact male bovine
◦ D. Kid - Young Goat
Intact female goat is called?

a. Heifer
b. Ewe
c. Cow
d. Doe
D. Doe

a. Heifer – young female bovine not yet

given birth
b. Ewe – intact female sheep
c. Cow – intact female bovine that has
given birth
Male bovine castrated when young is called?

a. Wether
b. Stag
c. Steer
d. NOTA
C. Steer

A. Wether – castrated sheep or goat

B. Stag – Male bovine castrated after
maturity
Giving birth to dairy animals is called?

A. Freshening
B. Parturition
C. Lambing
D. Calving
E. ALL of the Above
A. Freshening

B. Parturition – gen. term for act of giving birth

C. Lambing – giving birth of sheep
D. Calving – giving birth of cattle
Identify: first milk-like substance produced by
the female after parturition; it is thick, yellow,
and high in protein and antibodies.
 Colostrum
Identify: Defined as to remove horns or horn
buds by mechanical, thermal, or chemical
means
Dehorn
Mating of dissimilar breeds to increase
productivity and performance in the F1
generation of crossbred animals over that
shown by either parent is termed?
Hybrid vigor or Heterosis
Identify:
Stanchion

restraint device that secures cattle around the

neck to allow accessibility for milking, feeding,
and examining
Bull used to detect female bovines in heat; bull
may have penis surgically deviated to the side,
may be treated with androgens, or may be
vasectomized so as not to impregnate females
is called?
Gomer or Teaser bull
Milk production organ in ruminants
and equine species is called?
Udder
Hard surface of the upper
mouth of cattle that serves in place of upper
teeth is called?
Dental Pad
Adult sheep meat is termed?
Mutton
Identify the part indicated by the arrow
Wattle
Confined young dairy calf that is fed only milk
or milk replacer to produce pale, soft, and
tender meat is called?
Veal
Method of determining pregnancy, phase of the
estrous cycle, or disease process by inserting a
gloved arm into the rectum of the animal and
feeling for a specific structure is called?
Rectal palpation
Relatively common disease in adult cattle
caused by ingestion and migration of a foreign
body into the reticulum; occasionally the
foreign body penetrates the diaphragm and
pericardium
causing pericarditis;
 Traumatic Reticuloperitonitis (TRP)
 Or Hardware disease
 Identify
Switch
 distal part of a bovine tail that consists
of long, coarse hairs
Breeding method in which semen is
collected, stored, and deposited in the uterus
or vagina without copulation taking place is
called?
Artificial insemination
Placement of identification device in the ear is
called?
Ear Tagging
Which one is the correct order of
compartements of the ruminant stomach in
relation to digestion?
a. Reticulum, Omasum, Rumen, Abomasum
b. Rumen, Reticulum, Abomasum, Omasum
c. Reticulum, Rumen, Omasum, Abomasum
d. Abomasum, Omasum, Rumen, Reticulum
e. Rumen, Reticulum, Omasum, Abomasum
e. Rumen, Reticulum, Omasum, Abomasum
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