Question

Differentiate between the following Livestock management practices

1. Crutching and Ringing
2. Flushing and steaming-up

Answer 1

1. Crutching is the cutting of wool around the reproductive system of the ewe while ringing is the shearing of wool around the sheath of the ram around the service
2. Flushing – giving animal high nutritive feed before service while steaming up is the practice of giving an animal extra feed of high nutritive value during the last weeks of gestation.