Lambing can be a challenging prospect whether it's your first or your thirty-first season. This highly practical manual will take you through the period approaching, during and immediately after lambing.
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This practical manual takes you through the period approaching, during and immediately after lambing. Advice is given on how to deal with a range of situations, from normal and malpresentations, and the sick in-lamb ewe to abortion and the health of the newborn lamb.
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Advice is given on how to deal with a range of situations: · Normal and malpresentations · The sick in-lamb ewe · Abortion · Pre- and post-lambing prolapses · The health of the newborn lamb · Problems and emergencies in the first few days
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Product details

ISBN
9781861265746
Published
2003
Publisher
The Crowood Press Ltd
Height
246 mm
Width
189 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
96

Biographical note

Agnes C Winter, B.VSc, PhD, DSHP, MRCVS is a specialist sheep vet who grew up on a family farm in the Yorkshire Dales and has kept sheep for most of her life. She is the past President of the Sheep Veterinary Society, President of the Wensleydale Longwool Sheep Breeder's Association and Vice President of the European College of Small Ruminant Health Management. She is now Honorary Professor of the Veterinary School at The University of Liverpool where she worked for 25 years before retiring in 2008.