Author : Jane Court
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 21,32 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0643092943
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 : Bruni
Publisher :
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 15,55 MB
Release : 1890
Category : Merino sheep
ISBN :
Author : David G Hinton
Publisher : Landlinks Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 18,95 MB
Release : 2006-09-05
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0643099530
Running a Small Flock of Sheep uses a step-by-step approach and has been written for small-scale sheep farmers and inexperienced people considering a rural life-style change. It will prepare the reader for each procedure and event on a sheep farm. The book begins with an introduction to the basic principles and procedures of sheep farming and the economics and required farm infrastructure for different sheep enterprises. There are chapters on handling techniques, the obligations of owners, and laws and regulations covering the welfare of sheep. The remainder of the text deals with sheep husbandry including health and nutrition, condition scoring, breeding, lamb care and weaner management. There are separate chapters on wool production and prime lamb production. The final chapter covers the diagnosis, control and prevention of sheep diseases. This reliable and understandable guide 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 prime lamb, wool or dual purpose.
Author : Murray Long
Publisher : Landlinks Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 23,82 MB
Release : 2008-06-25
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0643098690
Breeding Stud Sheep shows how to establish and manage a successful sheep stud. All aspects of stud breeding are covered, including where and how to buy your sheep, selecting the right breeding stock for your stud, flock management, nutrition, disease control, lambing problems, showing sheep, promotion and marketing, and selling stud genetics. The detailed step-by-step strategies will give the reader the ability to develop alternative approaches that best suit their situation. It also explains how new initiatives such as performance recording, DNA testing and modern reproductive techniques can be integrated with the old, time-honoured traditions of sheep breeding. Profiles of highly recognised stud breeders are included, detailing how they started and the strategies they have used to grow their stud sheep operations over many years. This book will help new breeders avoid the pitfalls and mistakes that can occur when starting a new stud venture, and show how to succeed in what is ultimately a tough but very rewarding industry.
Author : American Cheviot Sheep Society
Publisher :
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 21,39 MB
Release : 1898
Category : Cheviot sheep
ISBN :
Author : G.L Tomes
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
Page : 597 pages
File Size : 49,59 MB
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1483162133
Sheep Breeding, Second Edition covers sheep breeding in its widest context through a collection of papers about sheep breeding from experts in the field across the globe. The book incorporates sections composed of general review articles and important research findings on the structures and objectives of national sheep industries from many of the major sheep-producing areas of the world. The text also discusses the genetic selection and breed improvement; stud breeding and cooperative breeding schemes; reproduction in the ewe; and male reproduction and artificial insemination. The monograph is recommended for those who wish to learn different techniques and practices in raising and breeding sheep, especially those who are new in the field. The book is also for those who wish to conduct research that would help improve raising and breeding sheep.
Author : Murray Long
Publisher : Landlinks Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 22,63 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Sheep
ISBN : 0643094806
"Shows you how to establish and manage a successful sheep stud"--Back cover.
Author : G. J. Tomes
Publisher :
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 30,77 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN :
National Sheep Industries - Structure, Breeds and Objectives. Genetic Selection and breed Improvement. Group Breeding Schemes and Stud Breeding. Reproduction in the Ewe. Male Reproduction and Artificial Insemination.
Author : Murray Elliott
Publisher :
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 47,83 MB
Release : 2018-08-04
Category :
ISBN : 9780646991030
A handbook and historical narrative for sheep breeders and students outlining Merino sheep breeding.
Author : Jack Byard
Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 32,14 MB
Release : 2008-08-31
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1910456845
For each breed he dedicates two pages, the left being a full page high-quality picture and the right giving a brief but comprehensive description of the appearance, history and uses of each sheep. Only the size of a postcard, the book fits perfectly into a rucksack or pocket so is ideal for the interested rambler who is keen to discover more about the flock fleeing from him at the time. Clear color photographs taken of sheep 'straight from the field' illustrate the immense diversity within this species.
