Sheep, farming, husbandry, disease, animal health, worms, internal parasites, breeding, breeding for resistance By Dr Clive Dalton Breeding – the only solution Question: How come in the same flock, some sheepare always clean and others always dirty? Increasing numbers of farmers are starting to accept that breeding sheep, that are genetically resistant to internal parasites … Read more
By Dr Clive Dalton PART 6 Selecting male replacements from the A team nucleus Remember the aim: Docking ram lambs Drenching lambs at docking – the very worst thing you can do! Avoid this like the plague! Tag lambs at docking if you have enough helpers Weaning ram lambs Ram hoggets Dag and worm status … Read more
Agriculture, farming, animal production, animal breeding, genetics, livestock improvement, basic biology, Mendelism, genetic theory, population genetics, practical application of theory, breeding, selection decisions, breeding methods, breeding practice, breeds, breed structure, cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry, New Zealand). An Introduction to Practical Animal Breeding By D. C. Dalton (1980) Granada. ISBN 0-246-11194-1 Hardback ISBN 0-246-11351-0 Paperback 2009 … Read more
By Dr Clive Dalton PART 2 Dag-Free & Worm-Free sheep – where to start?Commercial sheep farmers have two options if they want to get rid or drastically reduce dags and worms: Option1. Buy in the genetics (as rams) needed from established ‘stud breeders’.Option 2. Start a breeding programme in their own flock, which includes breeding their own … Read more
By Dr Clive Dalton PART 1 Introduction Dagging and drenching What a prospect to have to clean up this sheep’s rear end! Major mind change needed Sheep are never keen to cooperate This advert in a 1970 New Zealand Farmer was certainly convincing.Back then, nobody thought about long-term implications of thenew wonder chemicals! Breeding is … Read more