Questions For Fitting And Showing Competitions: Sheep printable pdf download

Questions For Fitting And Showing Competitions: Sheep

Questions for Fitting and Showing Competitions: Sheep

Prepared by:

Dr. Jan R. Busboom, Extension Meat Specialist, Washington State University

Revised May 10, 2006

Junior 4-H Questions

1. What is the sex of your lamb?

2. What do you call the opposite sex?

3. What is the breed of your lamb?

4. Name another breed of sheep?

5. What vaccinations has your lamb received?

6. What wormer has your lamb received and how was it administered?

7. Name body parts of sheep

8. Name wholesale cuts of lamb.

9. What is average daily gain (ADG)?

10. What is the ADG of your lamb?

11. What has your lamb been eating?

12. How much do you feed it per day? (I try to get them to answer in pounds)

13. What percentage protein is in your feed?

14. What is a subcutaneous (s.c., SubQ) injection and where do you give it?

15. What is an intramuscular (IM) injection and where do you give it?

16. What is the meaning of withdrawal time for a drug?

In the Junior Finals, some Intermediate/Senior 4-H/FFA Questions may be used to break ties

Intermediate/Senior 4-H/FFA Questions

Any of the Junior 4-H Questions Plus:

1. What do you call an intact male sheep?

2. What are female sheep called?

3. Name 5 key nutrients.

4. What is a normal body temperature for sheep?

5. What is gestation length in sheep?

6. What is the estrus cycle length?

7. How many rams would you need to breed 100 ewes?

8. What is a meat (or ram) breed? Name two.

9. What is a wool (or ewe) breed? Name two.

10. What is a dual-purpose breed? Name two.

11. Why are sheep not fed animal protein by-products?

12. What is scrapie?

13. What is Codon 171?

14. What is T.S.E.?

15. What is B.S.E.?

16. What is entropion?

Questions For Fitting And Showing Competitions: Sheep