A Planned Approach
by Neil Sargison
Sheep Flock Health is a practical guide to the diagnosis and management of production limiting diseases in sheep.
Sheep Flock Health:
- Focuses on the achievement and maintenance of optimal productivity, rather than on a catalogue of individual diseases of sheep
- Written by an expert with a strong international reputation
- Suitable not only for veterinarians and veterinary students, but also progressive sheep farmers
Contents
1. The Lambing Percentage
- The Mating Period
- Mid To Late Pregnancy (Abortion)
- Perinatal Lamb Survival
- Lamb Losses Between 1 Week Old and Weaning
2. Lamb Growth
- Investigation of Ill Thrift in Weaned Lambs
- Parasitic Gastroenteritis
- Cestode Parasites
- Liver Fluke
- Ill Thrift Due to Trace Element Deficiencies
- Ill Thrift Associated With Chronic Disease
3. Unexpected Disease or Death
- Sudden Death in Store Lambs
- Poisonous Plants
- Common Mineral and Inorganic Poisonings
- Mycotoxicoses
- Clostridial Diseases
4. Ill Thrift in Adult Sheep
- Investigation of Ill Thrift in Adult Sheep
- Respiratory Disease
- Alimentary Disease
5. Lameness
- Diseases of the Foot
- Lameness Not Caused By Foot Problems
6. Neurological Diseases
- Neurological Examination of Sheep
- Diseases Causing Cerebral Lesions
- Diseases Causing Cerebellar Lesions
- Diseases Causing Vestibular Lesions
- Diseases Causing Brainstem Lesions
- Diseases Causing Spinal Cord Lesions
- Diseases Of The Peripheral Nerves
7. Skin and Eye Diseases
- Ectoparasitic Skin Diseases
- Non-Parasitic Skin Diseases
- Eye Diseases
Index
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