A handbook for the sheep clinician /

• Main Authors: Winter, Agnes C., (Author), Clarkson, M. J., (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2012.
• Edition: 7th edition.
• Subjects: Sheep > Diseases.; Sheep Diseases.; Sheep > physiology.; Veterinary Medicine.; Integrated Pest Management.; Pesticides and Drugs; Control, (New March 2000); Host Resistance and Immunity.; Meat Producing Animals.; Wool Producing Animals, (New March 2000); Animal Reproduction and Embryology, (New March 2000); Animal Nutrition (General); Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Animals, (New March 2000); Protozoan, Helminth, Mollusc and Arthropod Parasites of Animals, (New March 2000); Non-communicable Diseases and Injuries of Animals.; Veterinary Pharmacology and Anaesthesiology, (New March 2000); Animal Surgery and Non-drug Therapy, (New March 2000); Diagnosis of Animal Diseases, (New March 2000); Farm and Horticultural Structures.; Feed Composition and Quality.; Cell, Tissue and Embryo Manipulation, (New March 2000); Sheep.; Aetiology.; Animal breeding.; Clinical aspects.; Diagnosis.; Diets.; Disease control.; Disease prevalence.; Disease prevention.; Epidemiology.; Ewe feeding.; Ewes.; Feeds.; Lamb feeding.; Lambs.; Nutrient requirements.; Rams.; Reproduction.; Sheep diseases.; Sheep farming.; Sheep feeding.; Therapy.; Electronic books.
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The 7th edition of this book contains 18 chapters that discuss the reproductive management, feeding, housing and disease diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control in ewes, rams and lambs in the UK and other European countries. Each chapter contains black-and-white photographs. This book will be u...

Table of Contents:

• Production
• Reproduction
• Vaccination
• Thin sheep
• The pregnant ewe
• The periparturient ewe
• Newborn lambs
• The lactating ewe
• Growing lambs
• Sudden death
• Lameness
• Skin and wool
• Respiratory diseases
• Neurological diseases
• Eyes, ears, and nose
• Ticks and tick-borne diseases
• Notifiable diseases and diseases exotic to the UK and Northern Europe
• Health schemes.