Help
Options
Question
Top Sheep States
click to flip
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't know
Question
Top Sheep Operations
Remaining cards (39)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Sheep Exam 1
ANS 262
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Top Sheep States | 1. Texas 2. California 3. Wyoming 4.Colorado 5.South Dakota |
| Top Sheep Operations | 1. Texas 2. Arizona 3. California 4. Pennsylvania 5. Iowa |
| World Sheep Production | 1. China 2. Australia 3. India 4. New Zealand 5. United Kingdom |
| Average Market Lamb Weight | 136 pounds |
| Average Fleece Weight | 7.5 pounds |
| Milk Price | .54/lb 4x cow |
| ASI Recognized breeds | 47 |
| Suffolk | Most registrations large high cutability most NSIP flocks Terminal |
| Hampshire | terminal high cutablity large |
| Columbia | dual purpose US developed largest white faced range conditions heavy-medium fleece |
| Dorset | polled at N. Carolina State lamb out of season moderate |
| Corriedale | australia and new zealand 2nd numerous breed heavy fleece |
| Romney | black hoof, foot rot resistance heavy, long stapled, course wool |
| Merino | finest wool most numerous australia predominant |
| Rambouillet | largest fine wool western range finest U.S breed |
| Polypay | rambouillet, dorset, finn, targhee |
| Targhee | U.S sheep experiment station Dubois ID |
| Dorper | Hair Sheep south africa meat long breeding season |
| kathadin | hair sheep maine hardy parasite resistance |
| Finn | prolific |
| Romanov | prolific dark wool, lost in first cross |
| purebred mating systems | inbreeding outbreeding |
| Inbreeding Coefficient | F sibs .25 parents lamb .25 half sibs .125 nephew aunt .0625 reproductive rate |
| prepotent | transmitting traits in a predictable manner homozygous |
| Crossbred | hybrid vigor higher fertility grow faster |
| % heterosis | [(XB-PB)/PB]*100 highest in low heritability traits |
| Heritability | 0-1 environment-100% |
| Breeding Value | (individual-contemperary)*heritability derived from breed average |
| Progeny Difference | 1/2 breeding value |
| BLUP | Best Linear Unbias Prediction use in EPD's |
| weaning weight | 30-90 days |
| post weaning weight | 30 days after weaning weight |
| maternal milk | derived from weaning weight milk+gain |
| carcass traits | 12th rib fat thickness (CF) 12th rib LEA (EMD) |
| NSIP | national sheep improvement program |
| Scrapies | Codon 171 RR (arginine) RQ (arginine, glutamine) QQ (glutamine) |
| Callipyge | hypertrophy (increased muscle fiber diameter) Imprinting Paternal Polar Overdominance normal ram CC to normal ewe NN to produce 100% |
| generation interval | breed ewe lambs and young studs to decrease |
| wool traits | staple length greecy fleec weight fiber diameter |
| Indexes | Western Range Ewe Productivity Carcass Plus |
Created by:
cursta317
Popular Agriculture sets