sept2006_homework

1. Here is a powerpoint presentation about life cycle feeding of small ruminants.

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.

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

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

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

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

26. 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.

27. 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.

28. 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.

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