Download or read book Management Guidelines for Efficient Sheep Production written by G. E. Ricketts and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1999-08 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapters: sheep production systems; crossbreeding and selection; using production records to help develop a more profitable flock; national sheep improvement program; ram testing; considerations during the breeding season; sheep health management; common sheep diseases; parasite control; foot health; nutrition; ewe management during gestation, lambing and lactation; artificial rearing of lambs; feeding and management of lambs to weaning and from weaning to market; feeding replacement lambs; breeding ewe lambs; management on pasture; sheep handling facilities; lamb marketing; lamb carcass shows; and wool production and marketing.