Management Guidelines For Efficient Sheep Production

Download or read book Management Guidelines for Efficient Sheep Production written by G. E. Ricketts and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1999-08 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapters: sheep production systems; crossbreeding and selection; using production records to help develop a more profitable flock; national sheep improvement program; ram testing; considerations during the breeding season; sheep health management; common sheep diseases; parasite control; foot health; nutrition; ewe management during gestation, lambing and lactation; artificial rearing of lambs; feeding and management of lambs to weaning and from weaning to market; feeding replacement lambs; breeding ewe lambs; management on pasture; sheep handling facilities; lamb marketing; lamb carcass shows; and wool production and marketing.