Sheep
Across
- 2. A good terminal sire
- 4. Used to castrate
- 8. An animal that has lots of offspring is said to be...
- 10. Our only native breed
- 11. Placing the ewes on low plane of nutrition followed by a high plane of nutrition prior to mating
- 12. Oestrus occurs every .....days
- 16. Wide shoulders and hindquarters would explain this
- 17. Important to determine feed requirements for pregnant ewes
Down
- 1. Animals that are naturally hornless
- 3. Ram is fitted with this around mating time
- 5. In heat
- 6. Cross breeding animals to gain the best traits of both
- 7. Technique used for synchronised breeding
- 9. Length of pregnancy
- 13. A female sheep
- 14. A male sheep
- 15. A complex protein fibre
- 16. Beestings