Sheep and Goats
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which has hair?
goats
which has wool?
sheep
whose tail is up?
goats
whose tail is down and often docked?
sheep
who has narrow, curling horns?
goats
who has broad, curling horns (if they are present?)
sheep
who has a continuous upper lip?
goats
who has separate lip lobes?
sheep
who has 60 chromosomes?
goats
who has 54 chromosomes?
sheep
what are goats called in relation to their diet?
browsers
what does it mean to be a browser?
goats eat a wide variety of forages, can eat from the ground or vertically, and eat leaves, twigs, forbes, fruit, nuts, tender shrubs, and bark
what are sheep called in relation to their diet?
grazers
what does it mean to be a grazer?
sheep eat a more limited variety of forages, and are closer to the ground, so they eat grasses and legumes, and weeds
what is an intact male sheep?
ram
what is a castrated male sheep?
wether
what is a female sheep?
ewe
what are all young sheep called?
lambs
what was the first breed of sheep, and where was it from?
Mouflon, from Mesopotamia
what type of breeders are sheep?
seasonal- short day, in the fall
how long is the estrous cycle of a sheep?
17 days
how long is a sheep in estrous?
30 hours
how long is gestation for sheep?
147 days
how long does it take for sheep to reach puberty?
6-8 months