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Welcome to the Maryland Small Ruminant Page [sheepandgoat.com], an information portal for sheep and goat producers developed by Susan Schoenian, University of Maryland Extension Sheep & Goat Specialist. This home page lists links that are original to this site. Articles and images may be reprinted with permission of the author(s). The site is still in the process of being re-designed and updated.

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 updated recently
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
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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
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Spreadsheets

Meat Goat Budget
RationMixer
Ration Evaluator
Sheep Budget
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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
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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