ANSC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Estrous Cycle, Direct Marketing
10 Nov 2016
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Among earliest animals to be domesticated (2nd to dogs) Multipurpose: meat, milk, fiber, skins, fur, manure, research, vegetarian control. Classified as small ruminants, along with deer and sometimes camelids (alpacas, llamas) Some languages do not have different words for sheep and goat. Statistics for sheep and goats are often combined. Have many similarities but also many differences. Sheep: most sheep are polled (hornless, horns are more curvy, sometimes have a mane, split upper lip, face or tear glands, foot or scent glands between toes, deposit fat externally (except hair sheep, heavier muscled, faster growing. Goats: most goats have horns, horns are straighter and narrower, sometimes have a beard, more agile, deposit fat internally (around organs, lighter muscled, slower growing. Easiest way to tell difference: goat tails go up, sheep tails go down. Sheep: distant and aloof, easily spooked, stronger herding instinct, grazer: prefer to eat grass and forbs, graze close to soil surface, prefer short, tender grass, rams charge.
