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HOMEWORK

1.  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?

2.   What is the Navajo Churro sheep breed and who introduced this         breed to the Americas?

3.   When were goats domesticated, according to the Oklahoma State         University website?

4.  Check out the miniature sheep breeds at Smokey Valley Farm.

     Also, check out Babydoll Southdown Sheep here.

5.  Where did Boer goats originate?

6.  Which Kenyan sheep breed is important because of genetic resistance         to parasitism?

7.  Which breed of sheep did the USDA test along with the St. Croix breed        to evaluate genetic resistance to parasitism?  What was determined to        be the mechanism involved in the resistance?

8.  What is spider-leg syndrome?  Here is an article on the subject.

9.  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?

10.  Review genetic disorders in Nubian goats.  Also, check out this website              for information on the intersex condition.

11.   Go to this website.  What is this breed used for and where did it originate?

        What are some of the uses for this breed?

12.   What management practices help prevent enterotoxemia in sheep?

13.  On the National Pygmy Goat Association page find the two most important          vitamin needs of goats.

14.  Here are two links about nutrition in sheep and goats from the                                     sheepandgoat.com website.

15.  Here are some things you should know about sheep, including how to tip          one over.  Go to page 19 in the document.

16.  Next visit Cleon's Corner.  What is the cause of floppy kid syndrome?

19.  For what commercial purposes are goats used by Nexia Biotechnologies?

20.   What constitutes the bluetongue triangle?

17.  What is the difference between "ring womb" and "ringworm" in sheep?

22.  Which countries are apparently free of ovine progressive pneumonia?

23.  Is the CAE  ELISA test more sensitive than the AGID test?

18.  Visit sheepandgoat.com again.  Under disease, check out club lamb fungus.                  What is this disease, how prevalent is it now, and is it zoonotic?

24.  When buying and bringing in new goats to a farm, what is the                            recommendation with respect to minimizing parasite resistance?

26.  Take the caseous lymphadenitis quiz here.

27.  Another review of caseous lymphadenitis with a discussion of testing can          be found here.

28.  For a review and discussion of the differential diagnosis of paratuberculosis        in goats check out this website.

25.  Here is a link to the FAMACHA anemia chart.  There are other websites.

29.   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.

30.  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.

21.  Here is a useful reference on ovine progressive pneumonia.