The Sheep Veterinary Practice 1st Edition

Your Ideal Reference for Sheep Veterinary Practice

This book is the ideal reference for veterinarians in farm animal practice, veterinary and animal science students, agriculturalists, and sheep producers. While addressing sheep health, welfare, and production matters, this book covers issues of relevance in any country where sheep are raised.

Key Features

• Science-Based Insights: It informs the reader of the science underpinning the occurrence of disease syndromes, with special attention to commonly investigated problems related to nutrition, reproduction, and helminthiasis.
• Comprehensive Coverage: The book discusses disease conditions of sheep on the basis of presenting signs, such as lameness and sudden death, and then on a body-systems basis.
• Animal Welfare: It includes a review of the systems and strategies available to improve the welfare of sheep in extensive farming systems, as well as a discussion of pain relief, analgesia, and anesthesia for sheep.
• Visual Learning: The text is illustrated with over 150 images and photographs, the majority in full color.
• Broad Audience: It is an ideal reference for veterinarians in practice and training, animal science students, agriculturalists, and sheep producers.