Progress in sheep and goat research
By: edited by A.W. Speedy.
Contributors: Speedy, Andrew W.; C.A.B. International.
Publisher: CAB International
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Wallingford, Oxon, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
Subjects: Goats.; Sheep.; Goats; Sheep; Goat Diseases; Sheep Diseases; Animal Husbandry
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Artificial insemination and embryo transfer / Jacqueline M. Wallace; title: Nutrition: its effects on reproductive performance and its hormonal control in female sheep and goats / S.M. Rhind; title: Photoperiodic and nutritional influences on maternal and fetal endocrine mechanisms regulating fetal development during the second half of gestation / J.M. Bassett; title: Nutrition of the ewe during gestation and lactation / P.V. Rattray; title: Lentivirus diseases of sheep and goats: maedi-visna and caprine arthritis-encephalitis / G. Petursson ... [et al.]; title: Scrapie in sheep and goats / Nora Hunter; title: Foraging strategy: from monoculture to mosaic / I.J. Gordon and A.W. Illius; title: Parasites, immunity and anthelmintic resistance / A.R. Sykes, R.G. McFarlane and A.S. Familton; title: Selection for lean meat production in sheep / G. Simm; title: Growth hormone manipulation and growth promotants in sheep / J.D. Murray and A.M. Oberbauer; title: Fibre production from sheep and goats / A.J.F. Russel; title: Production of transgenic sheep for improved wool production / K.A. Ward and C.D. Nancarrow.