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LAM-small ruminants
introduction
Question | Answer |
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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 |