Feed Lot Fattening of Rams Practice
A major attraction of intensive sheep production is the opportunity it offers for large scale production of rams especially for
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The Systems of Sheep Production
Intensive sheep production aims at obtaining two lambing per year and achieving high growth rates. Breeding and reproduction management should
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Pulpy Kidney Disease in Sheep and Goats: Symptoms and Prevention Control Measures
Pulpy kidney (enterotoxaemia) is a disease of sheep, goats and cattle. It occurs in sheep when a bacterium that normally
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Estimating of Age Using Dentition in Sheep and Goat
Both sheep and goats have a total of 32 teeth. They do not have any upper incisors. The dental formula
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Guide to Catching and Holding of Sheep and Goats Easily
Catching and restraining a Sheep: catching a sheep the right way should be easy. Doing it the wrong way is
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Sheep Production Process Complete Guide
In sheep production, the careful management of the pregnant, parturient and lactating ewes will have a marked influence on the
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Fattening of Sheep and Goats Complete Guide
Fattening/Finishing involves intensive feeding of sheep and goats to slaughter weight with adequate finish (fat deposit) in feedlots. This targets
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How to Increase Sheep Milk for Maximum Profit
The quality of female sheep milk is directly related to the nutrition and mineral fed before and after the ewe
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Guide to Castration in Sheep and Goats
Castration is an important management practice for sheep and goat farmers to maintain control of their breeding program and successfully
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Guide to Proper Housing in Sheep and Goat Production
In sheep and goat production, housing type depends on the system of production. Each system of sheep and goat production
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Management of Breeding Stock in Sheep and Goats
An effective production of sheep and goats for either meat, hides and skin or milk is affected by the occurrence
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Different Breeds of Sheep and Goats (Sheep and Goats Breeds)
In the tropics, sheep and goats have characteristic features that make them to survive in the environment. These features make
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Breed Characteristics for Selecting Sheep
There are four main or major breeds of sheep in Nigeria for instance and they include the following breeds of
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Reasons why Pregnant Sheep Die by the Road-side and How to Control it
There are lots of things that may be responsible for this regular issue of people complaining that they do see
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Sheep Milk Production Complete Guide
If you are looking to raise dairy sheep for milk then you are also probably interested in the topic of
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The Reproductive Rate of Sheep and Goat
Regarding the reproductive rate of sheep and goat, as a ruminant farmer or an intending ruminant farmer, you need to
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