Animal science 1110 USU final Questions

Animal science 1110 USU final Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) The Sheep Industry is what type of integration - Correct Answers ✅Vertical Integration What are the top 5 counties for sheep in Utah - Correct Answers ✅1. Sanpete

• Box Elder
• Iron
• Morgan
• Wasatch

Stocking rate is what - Correct Answers ✅the most important aspect of pasture management Sheep and Goat animals conversion - Correct Answers ✅5 sheep = 1 cow+calf 6.7 goats = 1 cow+calf Selection preferences of grazing of cattle and horses - Correct Answers ✅grasses > forbs > browse Selection preferences of grazing of sheep - Correct Answers ✅forbs > grasses > browse Selection preferences of grazing of goats - Correct Answers ✅browse > forbs > grasses 1 / 3

Animal science 1110 USU final Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) Sheep and goat guard animals - Correct Answers ✅- dogs

• llamas
• donkeys

Classifying sheep breeds - Maternal - Correct Answers ✅Adaptable, hardy, usually above average fleece.Classifying sheep breeds - Terminal - Correct Answers ✅fast growth, heavy muscling, carcass quality.Classifying sheep breeds - Dual-purpose - Correct Answers ✅Balance between terminal and maternal Classifying sheep breeds - Dairy - Correct Answers ✅milk quantity and quality Classifying sheep breeds by their wool type - Correct Answers ✅- fine-wool

• medium wool
• coarse wool ( or carpet wool)
• long wool
• hair 2 / 3

Animal science 1110 USU final Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) Classify goat breeds - Correct Answers ✅- distinguished by purpose and type

• dairy vs. Meat vs. Fiber
• milk - smaller fat particles, easier to digest
• browse

Fiber types - hair - Correct Answers ✅smoother than wool, long, does not accept dye Fiber types - kemp - Correct Answers ✅shorter than wool, brittle, chalky white, sheds often, does not accept dye Curvature - Correct Answers ✅quantifies fiber crimp or waviness (degrees per mm) imparts compression characteristics Staple length - Correct Answers ✅the length of a staple of wool, Important for spinning Factors affecting fleece traits - Correct Answers ✅- traits are highly heritable

• environmental differences (nutrition, management, etc)
• age (fleece weight and fiber diameter generally increases

with ewe age)

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