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MAY  2008  HOMEWORK  1

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

        Also, check out Babydoll Southdown Sheep here.

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

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

6.   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?

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

8.    Where did Boer goats originate?

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

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

        What are some of the uses for this breed?

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

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

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

14.   There is a powerpoint presentation about life cycle feeding of small ruminants                  on the students apps folder.

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

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

17.   Here is some more information about copper toxicosis in sheep.

18.  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 sheepandgoat.com.

19.   Here you can see a ewe give birth to a lamb.

20.   Here is a link to information about disbudding kids.  Another link is found here.

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

22.   What constitutes the bluetongue triangle?

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

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

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

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

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

28.  Take the caseous lymphadenitis quiz here.

29.  Another review of CLA with a discussion of testing can be found here.

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

31.  Here is the link to U Penn Field Service page.