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LAM-small ruminants
introduction
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| young/mature male-sheep | ram |
| young/mature female-sheep | ewe |
| newborn-sheep | lamb |
| castrated male-sheep | wether |
| young/mature male-goat | buck |
| young/mature female-goat | doe |
| newborn-goat | kid |
| castrated male-goat | wether |
| sheep-temp. | 100.9-103.8 |
| sheep-pulse | 70-80 |
| sheep-resp | 12-20 |
| goat-temp. | 101.7-104 |
| goat-pulse | 70-80 |
| goat-resp | 12-20 |
| castration/methods | 2 weeks burdizzo/elastrator bands/emasculator/knife/bite off |
| tail docking/methods | 2 weeks elastrator/hot chisel |
| disbudding/methods | 3 days old use hot iron to burn tissues around horn buds |
| Entropion | 2 weeks-check for eyelid turning inward at time of elastration and tail docking |
| decenting bucks | 3 days |