Abstract:
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1 Veterinary services to sheep farms -- 2 Sheep farm as a business -- 3 Sheep farm as a production system -- 4 Sheep farm products: wool, meat, skins and milk -- 5 Genetics on the sheep farm -- 6 Energy and protein nutrition of grazing sheep -- 7 Reproductive management and diseases in naturally mated flocks -- 8 Controlled breeding -- 9 Helminth diseases of sheep -- 10 Diseases of the integument and eye -- 11 Deficiencies of trace elements and vitamins -- 12 Management and diseases of weaner sheep -- 13 Lameness -- 14 Sudden death -- 15 Diseases of the central nervous system -- 16 Diseases of the alimentary tract -- 17 Diseases of the liver -- 18 Diseases of the urinary system -- 19 Diseases of the blood and lymphatic system -- 20 Diseases of the respiratory system.
"This book is intended to be a reference text for veterinarians who provide clinical services to sheep producers. It is directed first and foremost at Australian sheep-raising systems, but the approaches described herein will have wide application in all countries where sheep are raised under extensive grazing conditions. Thanks to the strengths of both its wool industry and its sheep meat industry, Australian sheep production is a profitable and fulfilling agricultural pursuit for a large number of farm owners. This book is intended to assist those who work in the industry to add to the profitability and efficiency of sheep production systems, the quality of sheep products and the welfare of the sheep in those systems..." -- Cover desciption.
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