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HOMEWORK

1.   There is a powerpoint presentation about life cycle feeding of small ruminants on             the students apps folder.

2.   This link will take you to an assortment of nutritional deficiency slides.

3.   This link will discuss factors involved with a herd problem of milk fever in sheep.

4.   Here is some more information about copper toxicosis in sheep.

5.   Further information on enterotoxemia in lambs can be found at this site.

6.   Here you can see a ewe give birth to a lamb.

7.   Here is a link to information about disbudding kids.  Another link is found here.

8.   Here is the link to the AASRP.  This website has information about urinary calculi.         A link to a surgical therapy can be found here.

9.   This link will take you to information about "orf."

    

10.  Coccidiosis in sheep is discussed here.

11.  Meningeal worm is another parasite that may affect sheep and goats.

12.  Hoofcare is discussed on this page.

13.  Coyotes are increasingly found as predators of sheep flocks.  Here is some                       information about coyotes.

14.  There is also some information about guard animals at this website.

15.  Two more neurological diseases are discussed on this page.

16.  Dairy sheep and sheep milk products are becoming more popular in North                        America.   This link will take you to the dairy sheep association.  Be sure to check            out the  virtual tour of a sheep dairy in New York.

17.   Here is a link to Bud Williams ideas about stockmanship and animal behavior.                  You may need this information for handling your donkey and sheep.

18.  Here is a link to another double-muscled breed of cattle from Italy, one that is               being selected for the myostatin gene.

19.  Here is a link to one of the few Buffalo creameries in the United States.

20.  You may have heard about Kobe beef from Japan.  Here is a link to information                       about this method of producing beef.  These cattle are also being raised in the USA.

21.  Here is a link to information about the Senepol cattle from St. Croix.  You can visit              the Castle Nugent on your next trip to the island.

  22.   What are the elements of a successful bio-balanced fly control program?

        Check here for details.

  23.   You can find information about fly predators here.

24.  For more information about besnoitiosis in animals check here.

      Next go to ths website.       Check out the September 2002 issue.

25.  What are we celebrating concerning screwworm eradication?

26.  General information about bovine papillomatosis can be found here. 

27.  Vet-Gate contains a search engine for veterinary information.  Here you can look up           cattle lice and cattle warbles.

28.   For information about dermatophilosis, check out this site. 

29.  Information about bovine herpes mammillitis virus can be found here.

30.  References about animal health and welfare in organic farming can be  found here.            More information about organophosphates and BSE can be  found at this website.

31.  Here is a link to the Great Plains Veterinary Education Center.  You might want  to               consider doing an externship there.  There is a link on their website to                                    information about knots used in veterinary medicine.

32.  Here are some more websites with information about rope halters and knots.

      Check out animatedknots.com.  Here is one about how to make a halter.

      Here is another one courtesy of Jonathan with information about knots.

33.  By the way, those of you doing anesthesia on sheep may want to review                                information on acid-base balance.

34.    Here is the link to the King Ranch.  They were responsible for finding the cause of           Texas tick fever and the development of the Santa Gertrudis and Santa Cruz cattle           breeds and the American Quarter horse.