Sheep Breeding

Sheep Breeding

Author: G. J. Tomes

Publisher:

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 608

ISBN-13:

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National Sheep Industries - Structure, Breeds and Objectives. Genetic Selection and breed Improvement. Group Breeding Schemes and Stud Breeding. Reproduction in the Ewe. Male Reproduction and Artificial Insemination.


Storey's Guide to Raising Sheep, 5th Edition

Storey's Guide to Raising Sheep, 5th Edition

Author: Paula Simmons

Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC

Published: 2019-06-25

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 1612129803

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Storey’s Guide to Raising Sheep is the best-selling, most trusted reference for farmers and backyard homesteaders with any size flock. The fifth edition is now updated with full-color illustrations and photographs throughout, including a gallery of the best breed choices for both meat and fiber. With their small size and gentle dispositions, sheep are one of the easier livestock species to raise and offer varied marketing opportunities, including meat, wool, and milk. Detailed instructions and graphics lead readers through every essential procedure, including shearing, building a lambing shed, breeding and lambing, butchering, and marketing.


Breeding Stud Sheep

Breeding Stud Sheep

Author: Murray Long

Publisher: Landlinks Press

Published: 2008-06-25

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 0643098690

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Breeding Stud Sheep shows how to establish and manage a successful sheep stud. All aspects of stud breeding are covered, including where and how to buy your sheep, selecting the right breeding stock for your stud, flock management, nutrition, disease control, lambing problems, showing sheep, promotion and marketing, and selling stud genetics. The detailed step-by-step strategies will give the reader the ability to develop alternative approaches that best suit their situation. It also explains how new initiatives such as performance recording, DNA testing and modern reproductive techniques can be integrated with the old, time-honoured traditions of sheep breeding. Profiles of highly recognised stud breeders are included, detailing how they started and the strategies they have used to grow their stud sheep operations over many years. This book will help new breeders avoid the pitfalls and mistakes that can occur when starting a new stud venture, and show how to succeed in what is ultimately a tough but very rewarding industry.


Sheep and Goat Breeding

Sheep and Goat Breeding

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Publisher: Fao

Published: 1977

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789251001523

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FAO economic and social development series no/ 3/12. - Designed as handbooks for 2 year intermediate level agricultural and training course. Translated and adapted from the French


The Sheep Book

The Sheep Book

Author: Ronald B. Parker

Publisher: Swallow Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13:

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"The Sheep Book offers a template for both the beginner and the old hand. Mixing theoretical, technical and practical, Parker offers a buffet of tips for any sheep producer." --Joel Salatin, author of You Can Farm


British Sheep Breeds

British Sheep Breeds

Author: Susannah Robin Parkin

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2015-06-10

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 1784420816

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Sheep have been farmed in Britain for hundreds of years and more than thirty million sheep now inhabit these islands. The many breeds developed over this time have been carefully matched to their surroundings – from the hardy, seaweed-eating North Ronaldsay to the tough hill-dwelling Swaledale and the docile Dorset Down of the lowlands. Susannah Robin Parkin here explains the main differences between the various breeds and the qualities of their appearance, temperament, meat and wool, and also outlines the history of sheep farming and the way the industry works. Illustrated with beautiful colour photographs throughout, this is an essential introduction and guide to the main breeds and their classification into upland, hill and lowland varieties.


Beautiful Sheep

Beautiful Sheep

Author: Kathryn Dun

Publisher: Ivy Press

Published: 2020-03-03

Total Pages: 115

ISBN-13: 1782407774

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This stunning collection of portraits shows sheep as you’ve never seen them before. Featuring commissioned studio photography of champion breeds styled to perfection prior to competition, the animals showcased here are works of ovine art. Beautiful color portraits of 42 different breeds from around the globe are accompanied by graphic charts containing all the essential breed information. There’s also a potted history of sheep, plus reportage photography of the behind-the-scenes primping and preening at the agricultural shows, to document the care lavished on prizewinning sheep as well as the nail-biting judging process. Whether you regard it as a photographic exposition, an amusing objet d’art, or a shepherd’s delight packed with visual and texual breed information, this is a unique giftbook destined to adorn coffee tables around the globe.


Sheep Breeding

Sheep Breeding

Author: G.L Tomes

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann

Published: 2013-10-22

Total Pages: 597

ISBN-13: 1483162133

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Sheep Breeding, Second Edition covers sheep breeding in its widest context through a collection of papers about sheep breeding from experts in the field across the globe. The book incorporates sections composed of general review articles and important research findings on the structures and objectives of national sheep industries from many of the major sheep-producing areas of the world. The text also discusses the genetic selection and breed improvement; stud breeding and cooperative breeding schemes; reproduction in the ewe; and male reproduction and artificial insemination. The monograph is recommended for those who wish to learn different techniques and practices in raising and breeding sheep, especially those who are new in the field. The book is also for those who wish to conduct research that would help improve raising and breeding sheep.


Know Your Sheep

Know Your Sheep

Author: Jack Byard

Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing

Published: 2008-08-31

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 1910456845

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For each breed he dedicates two pages, the left being a full page high-quality picture and the right giving a brief but comprehensive description of the appearance, history and uses of each sheep. Only the size of a postcard, the book fits perfectly into a rucksack or pocket so is ideal for the interested rambler who is keen to discover more about the flock fleeing from him at the time. Clear color photographs taken of sheep 'straight from the field' illustrate the immense diversity within this species.