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New stuff

[PDF] 2010 Drought Handbook for Animal/Forage Producers
[PDF] Order scrapie ear tags
3rd Annual Western Maryland Goat Field Day, Sale, & Skillathon
Heat stress in sheep and goats
MDSheepGoat on Twitter
Wild & Woolly Summer 2010 issue

New Links

Sheep milk: a high quality product - Smallstock in Development

General Links

Shepherd's Notebook blog | subscribe
Sheepgoatmarketing.info
Western Maryland Pasture-Based Meat Goat Performance Test Blog
Wild & Woolly Sheep/Goat Newsletter Main Page
Sheep & Wool Skillathon at MS&WF
Goat Skillathon at Western Maryland Goat Field Day & Sale
Sheep, goat, and livestock online quizzes
Sheep and Goat References
Sheep 101 Home Page
Sheep 201: A Beginner's Guide to Raising Sheep

Quick Reference Tables

Ethnic holiday calendar
Antibiotics commonly used in livestock production
The internal parasites that affect sheep and goats
Anthelmintics used to control internal parasites in sheep and goats
Optimal slaughter weight for lambs
Products used to treat and/or prevent coccidiosis
Products used to treat and control external parasites
Vaccines used in the sheep and goat industry
Timeline for a ewe and her lambs (by Martha Polkey)

Small Ruminant Info Sheets

CD-T Vaccinations
Coping with high feed costs
Creepfeeding primer
Healthy livestock produce healthy food
Infectious keratoconjunctivitis (pink eye)
Marketing claims for sheep and goat products
Soremouth (orf) in sheep and goats
MORE . . . 

Images

My Flickr™ Sheep & Goat Images
Animal Science Image Gallery at National Ag Library
Sheep/Goat Section of Animal Science Image Gallery
University of Maryland AGNR Online Photo Archive

PowerPoint presentations

Feeding the pregnant and lactating female (1.4 mb)
Genetic improvement through central buck testing (757 kb)
General goat husbandry and health (1.2 mb)
Marketing sheep and goats to the ethnic markets (1.7 mb)
My PowerPoint presentations at Slideshare
MORE . . .

Spreadsheets

Meat Goat Budget
RationMixer
Ration Evaluator
Sheep Budget
MORE . . .

Forms

[PDF] Individual Ewe Record Sheet
[PDF] Barn Record Sheet (sheep)
[PDF] Individual Doe Record Sheet
[PDF] Barn Record Sheet (meat goat)

Program Proceedings

2005 Hair Sheep Workshop @ Virginia State University
2005 Lambing and Kidding School
2009 Lambing and Kidding School Resource Notebook

Abstracts

Characterizing the parasite challenge of meat goats grazing summer pastures
Developing a meat goat performance testing program in Maryland
MORE . . .

Peer-reviewed fact sheets

[PDF] Housing, facilities, and equipment for meat goat production
[PDF] Raising goats for meat
Mid-Atlantic 4-H Meat Goat Project Guide | PDF

 

 

 

 

 

The Maryland Small Ruminant Page [sheepandgoat.com] was created in 1998 as an information portal for sheep and goat producers and anyone else interested in sheep and goat production. The web site includes original documents and images as well as a comprehensive list of links pertaining to small ruminants and related topics. The web site was developed and is maintained by Susan Schoenian, Extension Sheep & Goat Specialist at the University of Maryland's Western Maryland Research & Education Center. Susan has been with University of Maryland Extension since 1988. She holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Animal Science from Virginia Tech and Montana State University, respectively, and also attended The Ohio State University. Susan conducts the Western Maryland Pasture-Based Meat Goat Performance Test at her research facility in Keedysville. She raises registered and commercial Katahdin sheep on her small farm called The Baalands in Clear Spring, Maryland. Please direct all questions, comments, or suggestions to Susan at sschoen@umd.edu.

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Disclaimer: The links contained on the Maryland Small Ruminant Page [sheepandgoat.com] and other pages created by Susan Schoenian are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of any person, organization, business, product, or web site. The author disclaims any liability in connection with the use of this information. Users of this web site and all external links are advised to apply common sense and sound judgement to all information obtained from the internet, regardless of source.

Last updated 08-Sep-2010 by Susan Schoenian.