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| Ewes reach sexually maturity |
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| 5-12 mths, influenced by breed, genetic selection, body size, nutrition and season of birth, tend to reach puberty their 1st fall |
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| Rams reach sexual maturity at |
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freq urination,
restlessness,
allowing other animals to mount |
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| Majority of fetal growth occurs |
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late gestation (last 4-6 wks),
incr nutritional need |
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| Ewes consuming inadequate diets prone to |
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| Contributing factors to dystocia |
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breed of sire,
breed of dam,
age of dam,
number of fetuses
body wgt of dam |
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| 3 stages of ewe parturition |
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dilation of cervix
expulsion of fetus(es),
expulsion of placenta |
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3-4 hrs
lamb birthed 1 hr or less from water bag rupture |
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| if labor takes over 1 hr for mature ewes or 2 hrs for lamb ewe |
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| Vaginal and uterine prolapse is |
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surgical knife
elastrator
emasculator |
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| Common method of sheep restraint |
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setting up/rumping/tipping
head turned into body shoulder forcing animal to sit on its back legs or lie down |
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| can be used to catch sheep |
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sheep chair
sheep halter
Gambrel |
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| Area at the animal's shoulder is the |
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point of balance
livestock will move forward if the handler steps behind the point of balance and back up if handler stands in front of the point of balance |
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| Besides castration this is the second most common procedure |
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tail docking
usually done with an elastrator band (bloodless method) |
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| Besides elastrator for tail docking |
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electric docking iron (cuts and cauterizes, can be used on older lambs),
emasculator (crushes vessels to lessen bleeding),
burdizzo,
knife |
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| Tail should be left long enough to |
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cover ewe's vulva & rams anus
no shorter than the distal end of the caudal tail fold otherwise may result in rectal prolapses |
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broad leaf weeds
sheep and goats |
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| sheep that leads the herd, often wearing a bell |
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| newborn sheep or meat from sheep < 1 yr |
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| orphaned lamb raised on a bottle |
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| broken mouth or broken mouthed |
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| sheep which has lost or broken some incisor teeth, usually after the age of 6 yrs |
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| shearing wool from around tail and between rear legs to prevent fly-strike before and after lambing |
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| completion of shearing a flock |
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| admin of liquid med orally |
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| walking animals from one place to another |
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| applying a product to rid an animal of external parasites |
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| cutting wool above and below eyes to prevent wool blindness |
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| feeding extra rations 2-3 wks prior to breeding season to increase fertility |
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| infestionof wool, skin and flesh w blowfly maggots causing injury or death |
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| overnight pen to protect sheep or allow for collection of dung manure |
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infectious pododermatitis
#1 common health prob |
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| young female sheep before 1st lamb |
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thick yellow greasy substance in wool secreted by sheep skin
aka: wool fat, wool wax, wool grease |
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| orf, scabby mouth or contagious ecthyma |
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| viral dz, attacks damaged skin around mouth, causes sores, usually 1st yr of life |
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| sheeps upper jaw longer than lower |
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| ewe lamb selected for outstanding characteristics |
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| castrated ram after 6 mths of age |
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| mating in sheep or the mating season |
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| tendency to give birth to 2 offspring |
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| removal of wool that may have manure or burs to facilitate breeding or parturation |
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| meat-type breeds raised primarily to cross w ewe breeds |
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| used as ewe or ram breeds |
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