Meat Science
What are the four primals of a lamb carcass?
What are the shoulder, rack, loin, and leg
What term describes the natural waviness of wool fiber?
What is Crimp
What is mutton?
What is meat from mature sheep
What time of year do most sheep operations lamb during?
What is February-April (Spring)
Where does the term “jack o’lantern” come from?
What is Ireland
What are the different grades of lamb?
Where was the Columbia sheep breed developed?
Where is Laramie, WY.
The original cross was made in Laramie, Wyoming in 1912, using Lincoln rams and Rambouillet ewes.
What is the gestation period of a ewe?
What is 145-152 days
How many pounds of candy corn are produced each year?
What is 35 million pounds
Lamb carcasses are evaluated on what main factor?
What is trimness?
What is an animal called that is born without horns in a species that sometimes has them?
What is polled
Are most sheep long-day or short-day breeders?
What famous magician died on Halloween?
Harry Houdini
What's the name of the joints used to determine the age of a carcass?
What is spool joints vs break joints
What disease is the biggest problem in the sheep industry that affects the central nervous system and has no known cure?
What is Scrapies
What is the commonly used device that is used for estrous synchronization?
What are CIDRs
How many pieces of candy does the average house give to each trick-or-treater?
What is 2 pieces
What is the ideal color of lamb meat?
What is Pinkish-red
What do you call the holding pen where a ewe and her lamb(s) spend the first 24-72 hours?
What is a jug
What is the most popular Halloween candy in America?
What is Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups