Full Description
An established favourite with veterinary and agricultural students and a valuable addition to the library of any veterinarian or sheep farmer, this handbook covers the basics of sheep medicine and production. Geared at being an easily accessed reference, it clearly conveys fundamental information on the care and treatment of sheep worldwide. This fully updated and revised eighth edition: - continues to cover all important aspects of sheep production and health, including reproduction, vaccination, pregnancy and newborns, lameness, internal and external parasites and flock health promotion; - reviews general developments and advancements in sheep veterinary medicine, as well as disease prevalence by geographical spread and in relation to changing climate; - considers topics of increasing importance such as vaccine availability and drug resistance. An emphasis on diagnosis and treatment combined with short, easily-digestible chapters and step-by-step diagrams makes this book an essential practical guide to recognizing, treating and preventing disease.
Contents
1.: Production 2.: Reproduction 3.: Vaccination 4.: Thin Sheep 5.: The Pregnant Ewe 6.: The Periparturient Ewe 7.: Neonatal Lambs 8.: The Lactating Ewe 9.: Growing Lambs 10.: Sudden Death 11.: Lameness 12.: Skin and Wool 13.: Respiratory Diseases 14.: Neurological Diseases 15.: Eyes, Ears and Nose 16.: Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 17.: Notifiable Diseases and Diseases Exotic to the UK and Northern Europe 18.: Health Schemes
