Resources Tagged: Sheep Care

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  1. Goat and Sheep Production in the Tropics

    Thie book has sections on the different breeds giving origins and characteristics and bringing clarity to their complex relationships. Nutrition, reproduction, health and breed improvement are covered. The practical approach to husbandry gives a comprehensive and reliable knowledge of how to rear...
    Goat Industry Sheep Sheep Care Tropical Animal Hu... Goats Goat Farming

  2. Beginning Shepherd's Manual

    Introduces shepherding to novice producers such as 4-H members, hobbyists, and farmers. The book is written by an experienced sheep producer, with chapters by a ruminant nutritionist and a veterinarian.
    Animal Husbandry Sheep Care Sheep Industry Sheep

  3. Feeding the Sheep

    2010-03-02 Go from sheep-raising to sweater-making, with a mother and daughter who make a game of all the stages that lie in between. From day to day, season to season, Mom is busy tending the family's small flock of sheep and then harvesting their wool to make yarn: shearing and washing, carding and...
    Sheep Care Sheep Industry Animal Feeding Sheep

  4. Keeping Sheep Healthy - Video

    Access Agriculture Training Video A sick sheep does not grow fast and will sell at a low price because it is thin and the meat will be of poor quality. Some diseases such as PPR and pasteurellosis are mainly transmitted through inhalation and contaminated drinking water. Parasitic worms spread to...
    Livestock Development Integrated Crops Sheep Industry Sheep Care disease prevention Animal Health Sheep AccessAgriculture

  5. Understanding Sheep Production

    1990-01-01 The sheep was one of the earliest animal species to be domesticated, with evidence that they were kept and not hunted as early as 10,700 years ago in the gorge of the Greater Zab River in Northern Iraq. Wool has been found in the remains of 20,000-year old villages in Switzerland (Blakely and...
    Livestock Development Sheep Care Sheep VITA