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University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Great Plains Veterinary Educational Center

Sheep References

Web-Based Presentation,
Overview: U.S. Sheep and Goat Production and Industries
                   By Mike H. Wallace, 1/23/09

AMERICAN  SHEEP INDUSTRY ASSNStudents with Sheep

http://www.sheepusa.org/
  1. ASI MATERIALS
    1. SHEEP PRODUCTION HANDBOOK
  2. INDUSTRY FACTS
    1. E-LEARNING
      1. SCRAPIE training video
      2. TARGETED GRAZING COURSE
  3. FAST FACTS
    1. ABOUT AMERICAN LAMB
    2. ABOUT SHEEP ECOLOGY
    3. ON U.S. SHEEP LOSSES DT PREDATORS
  4. INDUSTRY LITERATURE
    1. U.S. SHEEP INDUSTRY OVERVIEW
    2. SILVICULTURE
    3. WILDLIFE
    4. BRUSH CONTROL
    5. NOXIOUS WEED
    6. RIPARIAN/WATERSHED
    7. WASTE MANAGEMENT
    8. MULTISPECIES GRAZING
    9. VERSATILITY OF PRODUCTS
  5. PUBLICATIONS
    1. ECONOMIC IMPACT
    2. SHEEP CARE GUIDE
      1. NOTE: PAGE 7, 11, 13, 14
  6. CONDITION SCORING 13-24-14.
  7. DIRECTORY OF BREEDS
    1.  MEAT BREEDS
      1. SUFFOLK
      2. DORSET
    2. FINE WOOL BREEDS
      1. RAMBOUILLET
    3. LONG WOOL BREEDS
      1. COTSWOLD
      2. WENSLYDALE
    4. DUAL PURPOSE BREEDS
      1. COLUMBIA
      2. FINNSHEEP
      3. POLYPAY
    5. HAIR BREEDS
      1. DORPER
      2. KATAHDIN
      3. ROMANOV
    6. MINOR BREEDS
      1. JACOB
      2. KARAKUL
      3. WILTSHIRE HORN
  1. GLOSSARY
    1. SHEEEP TERMS
      1. DOCKING
      2. JUG
  1. RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
    1. SHEEP AND GOAT RESEARCH JOURNAL

MARKET REPORTS

  1. SHEEP
  2. SHEEP SUMMARY REPORTS

WORMS-USA  http://www.wormx.org/

  1. SMART DRENCHING
  2. MANAGING INTERNAL PARASITES IN SHEEP AND GOATS
  3. MCMASTERS EGG PER GRAM
  4. FAMACHA
    1. PICTURE OF FAMACHA ANEMIA CHART

           

WORMBOSS-AUS http://www.wormboss.com.au/LivePage.aspx?pageId=371

  1. LISTEN TO WORMBOSS SONG
  2. WORM MGT
    1. DISCUSS EACH SUBCATEGORY
    2. CONTROL WITHOUT DRENCH
      1. NOTE TOPICS
    3. CONTROL WITH DRENCH
      1. NOTE TOPIC
    4. KNOW YOUR DRENCH
    5. KNOW YOUR WORMS
      1. BARBERS POLE WORM
      2. EFFECTS ON THE SHEEP
      3. COCCIDIA
    6. KNOW YOUR SHEEP
      1. CLASS OF SHEEP
      2. SHEEP IMMUNITY
      3. NUTRITION
      4. VISUAL SIGNS NOTE:  INFECTION VS DISEASE                      

SCRAPIE
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/animal_diseases/scrapie/
DISCUSS, NOTE VIDEOS
SCRAPIE OVEN SLAUGHTER SURVEILLIENCE STUDY(SOSS) NOTE: PAGES 11-14

JOHNES
http://www.johnes.org/sheep/faqs.html
OPP
http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/livestocksystems/DI5750.html
CASEOUS LYMPHADENITIS
http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/10801.htm
SORE MOUTH
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/orf_virus/ - otherdiseases
FOOT ROT
http://extension.usu.edu/files/publications/factsheet/AH_Sheep_07.pdf
EPIDIMYTIS
http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/Factsheets/pdfs/brucellosis_ovis.pdf
SOME ABORTION AND OTHERS
http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/livestocksystems/DI1877.html
MORE ABORTION
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM829X2.pdf
NAHMS - SHEEP
http://nahms.aphis.usda.gov/sheep/index.htm
SCROLL DOWN TO SCAN AVAILABLE REPORTS

 

GOATS

http://www.meatgoats.com/index.html
GOAT HEALTH FACTS

NAHMS - GOATS
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/ceah/ncahs/nahms/goats/
NAHMS TO STUDY GOAT INDUSTRY IN 2009
http://www2.luresext.edu/goats/
Langston University Goat Research