1997 color 16 min Addresses topics related to quality assurance and livestock production, such as proper injection sites, facilities, nutrition, care and handling, and following label instructions on animal health products. Touches on the many similarities between the production of high quality corn and the production of high quality food animals. Jeff Goodwin discusses the ethical treatment of junior livestock projects stressing that the ultimate goal of these projects is youth development, not winning. Great for all ages of beef, sheep or swine exhibitors. Displays a diagram of the rumen, along with pictures of ruminant animals.
Questions relate to the identification of rumen compartments or their function.
Provides tips on purchasing lambs, assessing conformation and growth potential and measuring and determining ratios for the parts of the lamb. Discusses good feeding and health practices, conditioning, handling and exercise suggestions. 1982 color 24 min. Shows many abnormalities in sheep that affect their marketability or use as breeding stock. Discusses how to detect problems in their early stages, and demonstrates how early culling can be useful when treatment is out of the question.