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Author : Jane Court,John Webb Ware,Sue Hides
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780643092945
John Webb Ware is a veterinarian and senior consultant with the University of Melbourne's Mackinnon Project. He has expertise in animal production systems and animal health.
Author : Paula Simmons,Carol Ekarius
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-25
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781612129808
Storey’s Guide to Raising Sheep is the best-selling, most trusted reference for farmers and backyard homesteaders with any size flock. The fifth edition is now updated with full-color illustrations and photographs throughout, including a gallery of the best breed choices for both meat and fiber. With their small size and gentle dispositions, sheep are one of the easier livestock species to raise and offer varied marketing opportunities, including meat, wool, and milk. Detailed instructions and graphics lead readers through every essential procedure, including shearing, building a lambing shed, breeding and lambing, butchering, and marketing.
Author : Jane Court,Sue Hides,John Webb-Ware
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780643102064
Sheep Farming for Meat and Wool contains practical, up-to-date information on sheep production and management for producers throughout temperate Australia. It is based on research and extension projects conducted over many years by the Department of Primary Industries and its predecessors and the University of Melbourne. The book covers business management, pasture growth and management, nutrition and feed management, drought management, reproductive management, disease management, genetic improvement, animal welfare and working dog health. It also gives seasonal reminders for a spring lambing wool-producing flock, for autumn lambing Merino ewes joined to Border Leicester rams, and for winter lambing crossbred ewes joined to terminal sires. It will guide new and established farmers, students of agriculture and service providers with detailed information on the why and how of sheep production, and will assist farmer groups to initiate activities aimed at increasing their efficiency in specific areas of sheep production.
Author : António Monteiro
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-14
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781789859751
This book examines the branch of animal husbandry of sheep farming. It focuses on sheep feeding in regions with extensive sheep farming, such as the Sahel region in Africa and Serra da Estrela, Portugal, and describes the form and importance of using natural resources. Chapters cover such topics as sheep feeding and digestion, how to improve carcass yield, and how technologies can help diagnose and study respiratory pathologies in sheep.
Author : Manuel Gonzalez Ronquillo,Carlos Palacios Riocerezo
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781839697104
This book provides an overview of sheep husbandry in different parts of the world, including information on production and management systems, reproduction, and animal health. Chapters discuss different types of sheep and sheep husbandry in Poland, India, Africa, Spain, and North America, as well as zoonotic diseases such as cryptosporidiosis and their adverse impacts on the economics of sheep herding. This book is a useful resource for producers, veterinarians, animal scientists, researchers, biologists, students, and other interested readers.
Author : David G. Hinton
Publisher : Landlinks Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780643092754
Provides all the information anyone needs to make the right choices in successfully managing a small flock of sheep, whether you're running a single pet or several hundred sheep for lamb or wool.
Author : Philip Hasheider
Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780760345245
DIVIf youve ever envisioned keeping sheep in your own pasture, be it one or two hobby animals or a large flock, this book is the perfect place to begin. Backed by the National FFA Organization, our acclaimed series of How to Raise guides has helped countless first-time animal owners across the United States confidently care for their new companions. In this freshly updated second edition of How to Raise Sheep, author and farmer Philip Hasheider offers reliable guidance for getting started and going the distance. First, he walks you through all the basics on breeds, housing, fencing, feed requirements, breeding, lambing, showing, and marketing meat and wool. Then, he covers the various farming options (organic, sustainable, and conventional) so you can decide which approach best meets your needs. Accompanied by gorgeous instructional photography, How to Raise Sheep continues to be an essential primer for the newcomer to sheep care, with everything you need to know to raise a healthy, productive flock./div
Author : Bobbie Kalman
Publisher : New York ; Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. : Crabtree Pub.
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0865056692
Children love lambs and sheep. Raised for thousands of years for their wool and meat, children will be fascinated by colorful pictures of how sheep are raised and how their wool is sheared each year. Full color.
Author : Barbara Parry
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-12
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781590308233
A knitting book focusing on the sheep-to-shawl process by a well-known knitter, shepherd, and artisanal yarn producer. Gain an insider's view on fiber farming and yarn craft, from sheep to skein, all told through the eyes of shepherd and textile artisan Barbara Parry. Follow her flock over the course of a year and discover all the facets of life with sheep: from shearing day and lambing season, to preparing fiber for yarn. Along the way you'll find projects for the fiber obsessed by top knitwear designers, essays on country life, and over 100 stunning photographs. With the growing locavore movement, the rising trend in sustainable farming, and the ever-increasing interest in crafting, this book is perfect for those who yearn for a closer connection to a rural lifestyle and who enjoy making things by hand.
Author : David C. Henderson
Publisher : CompanionHouse Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Sheep
ISBN : 1903366305
A wide-ranging manual on sheep diseases which offers to increase productivity and profitability by improving the standard of husbandry and upgrading the health status of the flock. The book stresses the understanding of the causes and development of disease so that a full prevention programme can be planned. A major section describes the latest techniques for fertility control. Quick reference pages offer action checklists at key points in the shepherd's year. Appendices cover such basic but essential techniques as dipping procedures. David Henderson has experience of the practical side of raising sheep He qualified as a veterinary surgeon and has worked in a general veterinary practice. He has been an agricultural college lecturer and has worked in pharmaceutical research and development. This manual is for sheep farmers but has also been prepared with the needs of agricultural and veterinary students in mind.
Author : W. C. Skelley
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781447482406
This vintage guide to farming sheep contains information on every step of the process, from breeding and rearing to wool production and beyond. With detailed descriptions and clear explanations, “Sheep Production” is highly recommended for anyone with a practical interest in keeping sheep for pleasure or for profit. Contents include: “Sheep Farming”, “Sheep Production”, “Starting A Flock”, “Selection And Management Of The Ram”, “Management At Breeding Time”, “Winter Care During Gestation Period”, “Care At Lambing Time”, “Care Of Ewe And Lambs After Lambing”, “Management Of Sheep”, “Sheep "Feeding”, “Suggested Rations”, “Parasites And Ailments Of Sheep”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on sheep farming.
Author : D'Anna J. B. Jensen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Animal housing
ISBN : MINN:31951D01557563B
Author : Z. a Pampori
Publisher : Daya Publishing House
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9386071967
Sheep and goats have served poor people's most reliable livelihood resource since their domestication during Neolithic Revolution. Worldwide over 100 million people in arid areas, have only possible source of livelihood by grazing small ruminants. Grazing sheep and goats can improve soil and vegetation cover and plant and animal biodiversity. Sheep and goats thrive well in varied climatic conditions, get adapted easily to environment, require less care and management and are suitable for meat, milk, wool, skins and manure production. Mutton and Chowan is consumed throughout the country without involving any religious taboo. Together, the goat and sheep rearing households constitute 15 per cent of the total number of households in the country. The book contains a package of farm practices encompassing housing, handling, feeding, health care, record keeping, fodder and manure management as well as project reporting for sheep and goats. This precise package of practices hopefully shall benefit all the farmers engaged in small ruminant farming as well as all those educated entrepreneurs that are willing to take livestock rearing as their career option. It will guide through all aspects of sheep and goat farm management. It is hoped that the book will help farmers in managing their livestock and teachers equally in imparting academic instructions to veterinary graduates.
Author : Paula Simmons,Carol Ekarius
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-25
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781612129815
Storey’s Guide to Raising Sheep is the best-selling, most trusted reference for farmers and backyard homesteaders with any size flock. The 5th edition is now updated to include full-color illustrations and photographs throughout, including a gallery of the best breed choices for both meat and fiber. With their small size and gentle dispositions, sheep are one of the easier livestock species to raise and offer varied marketing opportunities, including meat, wool, and milk. Detailed instructions and graphics lead readers through every essential procedure, including shearing, building a lambing shed, breeding and lambing, butchering, and marketing.
Author : Charles Scott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Sheep
ISBN : HARVARD:HN1TMK