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This is a practical manual focusing principally on the needs of sheep farmers and shepherds in the United Kingdom but covering material applicable to sheep-farming situations worldwide. It should also be invaluable to agricultural and veterinary students as well as to veterinary surgeons in general practice who treat sheep only occasionally.
Major headings are: Health and disease; preparation for mating; manipulation of breeding; management during pregnancy; abortion; other diseases encountered during pregnancy; lambing time; care and welfare of newborn lambs; diseases of newborn lambs; pneumonia and other respiratory diseases; trace elements, minerals, vitamoins and water; internal parasites; skin parasites of sheep; skin, eye and gum conditions; foot lameness; poisons and radioactivity.

Table of Contents
Health and disease; preparation for mating; control of breeding - advanced techniques; fertility and the management of pregnancy; lambing time; the care and welfare of newborn lambs; diseases of newborn lambs; pneumonia and other respiratory diseases; vitamins, minerals, diet; internal parasites; external parasites; miscellaneous skin, eye and gum conditions; poisons and radioactivity.

The Veterinary Book for Sheep Farmers

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      Publisher 5M Books Ltd
      Published 1 December 2002
      ISBN-13 9781903366301
      978-1903366301
      ISBN-10 1903366305
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      Veterinary medicine: large animals

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This is a practical manual focusing principally on the needs of sheep farmers and shepherds in the United Kingdom but covering material applicable to sheep-farming situations worldwide. It should also be invaluable to agricultural and veterinary students as well as to veterinary surgeons in general practice who treat sheep only occasionally.
      Major headings are: Health and disease; preparation for mating; manipulation of breeding; management during pregnancy; abortion; other diseases encountered during pregnancy; lambing time; care and welfare of newborn lambs; diseases of newborn lambs; pneumonia and other respiratory diseases; trace elements, minerals, vitamoins and water; internal parasites; skin parasites of sheep; skin, eye and gum conditions; foot lameness; poisons and radioactivity.

      Table of Contents
      Health and disease; preparation for mating; control of breeding - advanced techniques; fertility and the management of pregnancy; lambing time; the care and welfare of newborn lambs; diseases of newborn lambs; pneumonia and other respiratory diseases; vitamins, minerals, diet; internal parasites; external parasites; miscellaneous skin, eye and gum conditions; poisons and radioactivity.

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