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         SEPTEMBER  2014        HOMEWORK  1
This page was last updated on: September 2, 2014
Sheep and Goat Breed Information
1.        What are the Five Freedoms of Animal Welfare?
  2.        Here is a link to information about the General Adaptation Syndrome.

  3.        Here  is another link with a bit more history and discussion and diagrams.

  4.        And here is a link to an interactive diagram about the syndrome.
5.    Visit sheepandgoat.com.  
       What are seven economic traits that the Barbados Black Belly sheep have?                  Also under sheep  breeds find the Awassi.   What is a special characteristic of this         breed and in what part of the world are they particularly desirable?
6.    What is the Navajo Churro sheep breed and who introduced this breed to the                        Americas?
7.    Check out the miniature sheep breeds at Paradise Valley Farm.
        Also, check out Babydoll Southdown Sheep here.
8.   Which Kenyan sheep breed is important because of genetic resistance to parasitism?
9.   What is spider-leg syndrome?  Here is an article on the subject.  Here is info on          the genetics of this disease.
10.   What is the callipgye gene in sheep and is it a blessing or a curse?                                  What is the Booroola gene and what does it do?  What is the Carwell gene                      and what does it do?
11.    When were goats domesticated, according to the Oklahoma State University website?
12.    Where did Boer goats originate?
13.    Review genetic disorders in Nubian goats.  Also, check out this website for                        information on the intersex condition.
14.    Go to this website.  What is this breed used for and where did it originate?
        What are some of the uses for this breed?
15.  Here is the link to fainting goat video on YouTube.
Small Ruminant Nutrition Information
16.  Here are two links about nutrition in sheep and goats from the                                     sheepandgoat.com website.
17.   There is a powerpoint presentation about life cycle feeding of small ruminants                  on the reference files folder.

18.   This link will take you to an assortment of nutritional deficiency slides.

19.   This link will discuss factors involved with a herd problem of milk fever in sheep.

20.   Here is some more information about copper toxicosis in sheep.
21.    Here is a link to a useful reference about feeding sheep flocks.
22.    For what commercial purposes are goats used by Nexia Biotechnologies?
25.  What is the cause of floppy kid syndrome?  Here are two references on this                   subject.  The first is from goat world, the second is from Colorado extension                service.  They have an excellent reference website for goat diseases.
26.  Visit sheepandgoat.com again.  Under disease, check out club lamb fungus.                  What is this disease, how prevalent is it now, and is it zoonotic?
23.   Here you can see a ewe give birth to a lamb.

24.   Here is a link to information about disbudding kids.  Another link is found here.
27.   What constitutes the bluetongue triangle?
28.  Here is a useful reference on ovine progressive pneumonia. 
29.  Which countries are apparently free of ovine progressive pneumonia?
30.   Is the CAE  ELISA test more sensitive than the AGID test?
31.   When buying and bringing in new goats to a farm, what is the recommendation with           respect to minimizing parasite resistance?
32.   Here is a link to the FAMACHA anemia chart.  There are other websites.
53.    Here are some links to sheep and goat dairies.

Valley Shepherd Creamery   New Jersey
Harley Farms  California
Old Chatham Sheepherding Company   New York
40.  Further information on enterotoxemia in lambs and kids can be found at this site.

41.  Here is the link to the AASRP.  This website has information about urinary
      calculi.  A link to a surgical therapy can be found here.

42.  This link will take you to information about "orf."
    


43.  Meningeal worm is another parasite that may affect sheep and goats.

44.  Hoofcare is discussed on this page.

45.  Coyotes are increasingly found as predators of sheep flocks.  Here is some                information about coyotes.

46.  Here are two links to information about guard animals.  First.  Second.

47.  Two more neurological diseases are discussed on this page and this page.

48.  Dairy sheep and sheep milk products are becoming more popular in North                 America.   This link will take you to the dairy sheep association.  Be sure to               check out the  virtual tour of a sheep dairy in New York.

34.  Take the caseous lymphadenitis quiz here.
35.  Another review of CLA with a discussion of testing can be found here.
36.   For a review and discussion of the differential diagnosis of paratuberculosis in         goats check out this website.
38.  Here is the link to information about Jacob Sheep and Tay Sachs disease.
37.   Under disease, also check out scrapie.  Check out the Ohio State University website concerning testing for scrapie.  What tests are available or being explored?  There        is also information about scrapie genetics here.
39.  Here is a link to the AASRP.  Here is a link to the FAO textbook on meat                   inspection which has an excellent summary of infectious diseases in animals,          including sheep and goats.
33.  Coccidiosis in sheep is discussed here.
49.    Here is a link to the scrapie eradication website.  There are some videos there                showing clinical signs of scrapie in sheep.
50.    Here is a link to the producers guide to scrapie.
51.    Here is a link to a powerpoint summary of small ruminant diseases and                         procedures.
52.    Here is a link to a reference page on sheep and goat diseases from Minnesota.
Other links to information about OPP

54.Link to Iowa State information on OPP.

55.Genetics of OPP link.