AVS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Anthelmintic, Merino, Silage

• School: URI
• Department: Animal and Veterinary Science
• Course: AVS 101
• Professor: Anthony Mallilo

Document Summary

Avs 101 - lecture 18 - sheep and wool production. Five to seven million in the u. s. Seasonal breeders (male and female) typically in the fall. Some breeds breed all year round (dorset) Goal two lamb crops per year. Flushing - increasing grain prior to breeding season. Marking pencil - identifies which ram bred with which female. Identifies which ram bred with which female. Tagging - removing wool from the tail/vulva area. Tail can grow up to three feet long. Management system is a total production scheme. Sheep are sold at about 100 pounds. Meat from sheep over one year old. Sheep can get some of the same diseases as cattle. Using anthelmintics drugs used to treat internal parasites. Creutzfeldt jacob"s disease when contracted by a human. Due to a sudden change in diet. Animal stops eating starves to death. Boston is the financial center of the u. s. wool market. Sheep production income from wool, from meat.