Research and education

Research and education are essential to the success and continued development of any industry. Without it, industries will lack competitiveness. On this page, research and education links are arranged alphabetically according to subject category: animal health, forage, genomics, goats, international, meat, research journals, sheep, scientific societies, USDA, and wool.

Animal health

Moredun Research Institute
National Animal Disease Center @ USDA ARS
National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA)
Plum Island Animal Disease Center
United States Animal Health Association (USAHA)
World Veterinary Association

Forage

BEHAVE: Behavior education for human, animal, vegetation...
Forage Information System (FIS) @ Oregon State University
Forage Systems Research Center @ University of Missouri
Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative (GLCI)
Grazing resources & research @ University of Wisconsin
Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute
Institute for Grassland Studies @ Kansas State University
Plant Management Network | Forage and grazinglands
University of Wisconsin Forage Research and Extension

Genomics

Australian Sheep Gene Mapping Web Site
Goat Genome Resources
Goatmap database @ Institut National de Rechereche Agronomique
International Sheep Genomics Consortium
Livestock Genomics Web Site @ CSIRO
NAGRP Sheep Genome Coordination Program
NRSP-8 Bioinformatics Coordination Program
Sheep Genome Resources
UK Sheep Genome Mapping Project

Goats

Animal Physiology Lab @ TSU
Dairy Goat Research Facility @ UC Davis
E (Kika) de la Garza Institute for Goat Research @ Langston Univ.
Goat Research & Education @ University of Kentucky
Small Ruminant Program @ FAMU

International

Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI)
Center for Genetic Improvement of Livestock @ University of Guelph
CSIRO Australia
International Goat Association (IGA)
International Committee for Animal Recording (ICAR)
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
International Society for Animal Hygiene (ISAH)
International Veterinary Information Service (IVIS)
New Zealand AgResearch
Teagasc: Agriculture & Food Development Authority (Ireland)

Meat

Meat Science @ Texas A&M
Meat Science @ The Ohio State University

Research journals

Animal Behavior @ ScienceDirect
Animal Production Science - CSIRO Australia
Animal Reproduction Science @ ScienceDirect
Animal: Journal of Animal Bioscience
Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Science
International Journal of Dairy Science @ ScienceAlert
International Journal of Sheep and Wool Science
Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics @ Wiley Interscience
Journal of Animal Science
Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Livestock Science @ ScienceDirect
Meat Science @ ScienceDirect
New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research
Preventative Veterinary Science @ ScienceDirect
Sheep & Goat Research Journal @ ASI
Small Ruminant Research Journal @ ScienceDirect
South African Journal of Animal Science
Theriogenology @ ScienceDirect
Veterinary Medicine International
Veterinary Parasitology @ ScienceDirect
Veterinary Research

Scientific societies

American Association of Small Ruminant Practitioners
American Meat Science Association (AMSA)
American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists (ARPAS)
American Society of Animal Science (ASAS)
Australian Society of Animal Production
Brazilian Society of Animal Science | Animal Bytes
British Society of Animal Science (BSAS)
Canadian Society of Animal Science (CSAS)
European Federation for Animal Science (EAAP)
Federation of Animal Science Societies (FASS)
Indian Society for Sheep and Goat Production and Utilization (ISSGPU)
Japanese Society of Animal Science (JSAP)
New Zealand Society for Animal Production (NZSAP)
The Philippine Society of Animal Science (PSAS)
South African Society for Animal Science (SASAS)

Sheep

Cooperative Research Centre for Sheep Industry Innovation (CRC)
Cornell University Sheep Program
Hair sheep research @ University of the Virgin Islands
Montana Sheep Institute
Sheep Extension and Research @ South Dakota State University
Sheep Research and Teaching Center @ University of Idaho
Spooner Agricultural Research Station - University of Wisconsin
Texas AgriLife Research & Education Center at San Angelo
Texas AgriLife Research & Education Center at Sonora
Texas AgriLife Research & Education Center at Uvalde
Virginia Tech Sheep Center | Extension and Education

USDA

Appalachian Farming Systems Research Center
Current Research Information Service (CRIS)
Dale Bumpers Small Farm Research Center
Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC)
National Agricultural Library (NAL) | AGRICOLA | TekTran
National Center for Genetic Resource Preservation (NCGRP)
National Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA) - formerly CSREES
National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC)
Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit
Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (MARC) | sheep research
USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
U.S. Sheep Experiment Station (USSES)

Wool

University of Wyoming Wool Lab
Wool & Mohair Research Laboratory @ Texas AgriLife
Wool Research Organisation of New Zealand Inc.
Woolwise: Australian Wool Education Trust | Coop. Research Quality Wool

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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Last updated 08-Aug-2010 by Susan Schoenian.