Sheep Health, Husbandry and Disease - A Photographic Guide

Sheep Health, Husbandry and Disease - A Photographic Guide

Author: Agnes Winter, Clare Phythian
ISBN: 9781847972354
Pages: 208
Format: 19 X 25
Binding: Hardback
Pub. Year: 2011

This comprehensive book covers all aspects of sheep health, husbandry and disease throughout the annual breeding cycle. Through extensive and detailed photographs it highlights the disease and welfare issues that can arise within the great variety of breeds and flock types. Written by two veterinary surgeons closely involved in sheep health, this book takes a veterinary view of husbandry and emphasizes the importance of keeping diseases out of a flock. From practical tasks such as how to check teeth, feet and udders, through to vaccination schedules, injection techniques and parasite control, it covers the whole life cycle of your flock.
Topics covered:
• Routine procedures
• Selecting breeding stock
• Internal and external parasites
• Tupping time
• Pregnancy and lambing ewes
• Lameness