Sheep and Goat Handling

Enterotoxemia is easily cured by large doses of antibiotics.

False

which are harder; black or white hooves?

black hooves

when handling animals, you get close to them and they move away. they move away because you entered their...

flight zone

what is foot bathing sheep? what are 2 things to put in a footbath?

foot bathing is when the hooves of sheep are cleaned to reduce the risk of infection of foot rot. zinc sulfate and copper sulfate can be put in a foot bath.

what condition is worse; foot scald or foot rot?

foot rot

what is another name for hoof/foot trimmers?

foot rot shears

what is the imaginary line at their shoulder that you cross that it will make an animal turn back or move forward?

point of balance

What is an anthelmintic?

wormer

how do worms cause anemia?

worms consume a few drops of blood from the host each day. In large numbers, animals lose large amounts of blood causing anemia.

read medication labels

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what 2 bacteria are needed to produce foot rot?

-Dichelobacter nodosus -fusobacterium necrophorum

what are two bacteria involved concerning enterotoxemia?

-Clostridium Perfringens Type C -Clostridium Perfringens Type D

Article: list 4 symptoms of over-eating disease.

-animals go abruptly off feed and become lethargic -stomach pain; kicking at belly and crying out -diarrhea may develop; blood may be in stool -animals lose ability to stand; head and neck is extended back over their withers

name 2 sulfate products that can be used to dry up and treat foot rot

-copper sulfate -zinc sulfate

name 4 sheep/goat handling pieces of equipment.

-halter -crook -restrainer -tilt table

what are 4 things you can do from a management perspective to reduce the possibility of hoof problems?

-keep hooves trimmed back and free of manure -keep pens cleaned -use lime or drying agent to reduce moisture -quarantine new stocks or animals

Enterotoxemia is also called (2)

-over-eating disease -pulpy kidney

about how many times per year do sheep hooves need to be trimmed?

3-4 times

what is the bacteria that causes tetanus?

Clostridium tetani

what is the 1 bacteria that causes foot scald?

Fusobacterium necrophorum

Are the 2 foot bacteria aerobic or anaerobic?

anaerobic

Another name for Tetanus is.

lockjaw

how can we know the approx. lambing/kidding parturition dates?

using a marking harness and marking harness crayon, the breeding date can be determined. Once the gestation length is added, the parturition date can be determined. (sheep= 147 days; goats= 150 days)