4-H Goat Quiz Bowl
What is the largest part of an adult goat's stomach?
Rumen
Name the four stomachs (or stomach chambers) of a goat.
Rumen, Reticulum, Omasum, Abomasum
What dairy breed is characterized by a white or cream color?
Saanen
Which breed of dairy goat on average produces the most milk?
Saanen
Name the six major dairy breeds.
Saanen, Toggenburg, Oberhasli, Lamancha, Alpine, Nubian
White muscle disease can be prevented by what mineral?
Selenium
What part of the ADGA showmanship scorecard is worth 50 points?
Showing the animal in the ring
What is the father of a goat called?
Sire
Where did the Boer originate from?
South Africa
Name two sections in the General Appearance part of the ADGA scorecard.
Stature; Head and Breed Characteristics; Front-End Assembly; Back, Legs, and Pasterns
Name three internal parasites.
Stomach roundworms, intestinal roundworms, liver flukes, lungworms, coccidia
What is used to detect clotted or flaky milk?
Strip cup
Where do you tattoo a Lamancha goat?
Tail Web
In order for a goat to be accepted for registration or recordation with any breed association it must be what?
Tattooed
What is freshening?
The act of a doe giving birth, or kidding
Define inbreeding.
The breeding of closely related animals such as brother and sister or parent and offspring.
The terms cou blanc, cou clair, and cou noir describe the color of what part of an Alpine goat?
The neck
What is the purpose of wattles or tassels?
They have no purpose
In the ADGA showmanship scorecard, general appearance of the exhibitor is worth how many points?
10
What is the average length between heats for does?
17-21 days
On the ADGA scorecard, stature is worth how many points?
2
For a Senior Doe, how many points is Mammary System worth on the ADGA scorecard.
35
When should you disbud goats?
4-7 days or as soon as you can feel horn buds
In the ADGA showmanship scorecard, appearance of animal is worth how many points?
40
What is a male goat called?
Buck
Name three reasons for off-flavor in milk.
Buck kept near does in milk, improper chilling, strong-flavored feed, unclean equipment, does in heat, or mastitis.
What is the Spanish word used to describe goat meat?
Cabrito
What do the letters CAE stand for?
Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis
What is the French word used to describe goat meat?
Chevon
What is another name for Listeriosis?
Circling disease
When showing meat goats, what should the exhibitor wear?
Clean clothes, dark pants, white shirt
When showing dairy goats, what should the exhibitor wear?
Clean, white clothing
In what direction are goats led around the show ring?
Clockwise
What is the first milk a doe makes after freshening that is necessary to the kid's survival?
Colostrum
Name three different color patterns of an Alpine goat.
Cou blanc, cou clair, cou noir, sundgau, chamoise(e)
What activity distinguished a ruminant from a non-ruminant?
Cud chewing
What is the mother of a goat called?
Dam
What is a female goat called?
Doe
Name the two parts of a goat where it can be tattooed.
Ears or tail web
Name the two types of LaMancha ears.
Elf and Gopher
What is another name for pregnancy toxemia?
Ketosis
Give an example of a metabolic disease.
Ketosis, toxemia, milk fever, polioencephalomalacia, urinary calculi
What is a goat under 6 months old called?
Kid
Which breed of dairy goat originated from the U.S.?
LaMancha
What do we call the period of time when a doe is producing milk?
Lactation
What breed is characterized by short or "no ears"
Lamancha
Name three external parasites.
Lice, fleas, ticks, mange mites
What disease is defined as "inflammation of the mammary gland caused by specific disease-producing organisms?"
Mastitis
What do we call diseases that are not contagious but are disturbances of normal body processes?
Metabolic
List three different products made by goats.
Milk, meat, leather, mohair, butter, soaps, cheese, yogurt, ice cream, other dairy products.
What is the name for the fiber produced by Angora goats?
Mohair
Which dairy breed is characterized by long, pendulous ears?
Nubian
Give one disqualification for an Oberhasli.
Pendulous ears, any color other than chamoisee, black bucks, large white spot.
What is another term for afterbirth?
Placenta
What is it called when a goat is born without horns?
Polled
After milking, should milk be cooled quickly or slowly?
Quickly
Give the name of the teeth which humans have but goats lack.
Upper canines and incisors
Making sure your buck has clean water and salt at all times may help prevent his developing what condition?
Urinary calculi
Miniature dairy breeds have milk higher in ______?
fat
Enterotoxemia is also known as ______________ disease.
overeating
True or false? A goat is a ruminant.
True
Name three meat breeds.
Boer, Kiko, Myotonic Fainting Goats, or Pygmy.
What is a Sable?
A colored Saanen
What is a dry doe?
A doe that is not producing milk
What is the official USDA identification for goats that are untattooed and unregistered?
A scrapie ear tag
When a kid is born, which stomach is the largest?
Abomasum
Which of the four stomachs is the "true" stomach?
Abomasum
What is the gestation period for a goat?
About 5 months or 145-155 days
when does milk fever generally occur?
After kidding
What does ABGA stand for
American Boer Goat Association
What does ADGA stand for?
American Dairy Goat Association
Name one goat used for their fiber.
Angora, Pygmy, cross-breeds (ex. Pygora)
What is preferred in a dairy goat- angularity or smoothness?
Angularity
What do the letters AI stand for?
Artificial insemination
Name two different color patterns of a Pygmy goat.
Blue agouti, black agouti, caramel, with agouti
Name two breeds of goats with Roman noses.
Boer and Nubian
What is bloat?
Excess gas in the rumen
How many stomachs does a goat have?
Four
What is the most normal position of a kid at birth?
Front feet and nose first
What are the four sections of the ADGA scorecard? (not showmanship scorecard)
General Appearance, Dairy Strength, Body Capacity, and Mammary System
Give the technical term for pregnancy.
Gestation
Bright green color of forage indicates a rich supply of what vitamin.
Vitamin A
What are the flaps of skin on the necks of some goats?
Wattles or tassels
What is a castrated male goat called?
Wether
