Online quizzes

This page contains various online quizzes that users can use to test or enchance their knowledge of livestock, especially sheep and goats, and/or study for skillathon competitions and quiz bowls. Quizzes have many images, so they make take several moments to load, especially with slower modem connections.

Sheep and goats

All about wool
Test your knowledge of wool

As the worm turns
Test your knowlege of gastro-intestinal (worm) parasites and their control

The Birds and the Bees
Answer questions about breeding and reproduction of sheep and goats

Equipment ID
Identify sheep and goat equipment and their uses

Feed and forage ID
Identify feeds and forages that are commonly fed to sheep and goats

Goat breeds
Identify U.S. goat breeds by pictures and clues

The goat quiz
General questions about goats

Health and diseases
Test your knowledge of sheep and goat health

Lamb 101
Identify lamb cuts and answer questions

Quiz for younger children
Easier questions (all topics) for younger children

Sheep Industry and Trivia
Answer general questions about sheep

U.S. sheep breeds
Identify U.S. sheep breeds by pictures and clues

World sheep breeds
How much do you know about sheep breeds from other countries?

Other livestock

Alpacas and llamas (camelids)
Test your knowledge of alpacas and llamas, the other small ruminants

BEEF
Identify cuts of beef and answer questions about beef

Pork chops and bacon
Test your knowledge or pork: the "other white meat"

Quizzes were created by Susan Schoenian using Wondershare's QuizCreator.

The Maryland Small Ruminant Page [sheepandgoat.com] was created in 1998 as an information portal for sheep and goat producers and anyone else interested in sheep and goat production. The web site includes original documents and images as well as a comprehensive list of links pertaining to small ruminants and related topics. The web site was developed and is maintained by Susan Schoenian, Extension Sheep & Goat Specialist at the University of Maryland's Western Maryland Research & Education Center. Susan has been with University of Maryland Extension since 1988. She holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Animal Science from Virginia Tech and Montana State University, respectively, and also attended The Ohio State University. Susan conducts the Western Maryland Pasture-Based Meat Goat Performance Test at her research facility in Keedysville. She raises registered and commercial Katahdin sheep on her small farm called The Baalands in Clear Spring, Maryland. Please direct all questions, comments, or suggestions to Susan at sschoen@umd.edu.

Disclaimer: The links contained on the Maryland Small Ruminant Page [sheepandgoat.com] and other pages created by Susan Schoenian are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of any person, organization, business, product, or web site. The author disclaims any liability in connection with the use of this information. Users of this web site and all external links are advised to apply common sense and sound judgement to all information obtained from the internet, regardless of source.

Last updated 07-Aug-2010 by Susan Schoenian.