Storey's guide to raising sheep : breeding, care, facilities
Record details
- ISBN: 9781603424592
- ISBN: 9781603424844
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Physical Description:
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viii, 438 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm - Edition: Fourth edition.
- Publisher: North Adams, Mass. : Storey Pub., 2009.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Previous edition published 2001. Includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 1 Starting with Sheep 1 -- Some Background on Sheep -- Sheep Farming Today -- Behavior -- Breeds -- Buying Sheep -- Home at Last -- 2 Breeeding and Breeds 30 -- Breeding and Genetics -- Genetic Diversity and Sheep Breeds -- Individual Breeds -- 3 Pasture, Fences, Facilities 99 -- Pasture -- Fencing -- Facilities -- 4 Herding Dogs 135 -- Traits of Herding Dogs -- Breeds -- Selecting a Dog -- Training -- Dog Trials -- 5 Predators and Protection 148 -- Managing for Predators -- Guardian Animals -- 6 Feeds and Feeding 167 -- Digestion -- Nutrients -- Feeding Practices -- Types of Feed -- 7 General Health Considerations 191 -- Healthy Strategies -- Recognizing Sick Sheep -- Alternative Health Practices -- Natural Defenses -- Causes of Illness in Sheep -- Parasites -- Other Disorders of Sheep -- Drugs for Sheep -- 8 Problems of Rams, Ewes, and Lambs 237 -- Problems with Rams -- Disorders in Ewes -- Lamb Problems -- 9 Flock Management 261 -- Successful Breeding -- Ram -- Ewes -- 10 Lambing 278 -- Preparation for Lambing -- Lambing Process -- After Lambing -- Problems with Newborn Lambs -- Orphan Lambs -- Care of Baby Lambs -- 11 Products and Marketing 310 -- Merchandising to Reach Your Market -- Wool -- Meat and Milk -- Pelts -- Live-Animal Business -- Odds and Ends -- Recipes -- 12 Showing Sheep 377 -- Kinds of Shows -- Show Classes -- Training Sheep -- Fitting -- Show Ring Strategies -- 13 Records and Animal Identification 391 -- National Sheep Improvement Program -- Computer Software and Spreadsheets -- Sample Record Charts. |
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| Subject: | Sheep |
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