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Where to Find Blackbelly Sheep Breeders
Care and Maintenance
General Sheep Information
American Sheep
Industry Association (ASI) If you own sheep, this is the organization
that represents you. Although geared primarily for wooled breeds,
this site has good information on disease, marketing, production,
regulatory and legislative information. Click the Sitemap link at
the upper right for easiest navigation.
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The
Sheep Book, by Ron Parker Everything you need to know about
raising sheep. Ron has generously put his entire book online as
a PDF file.
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Manitoba
Sheep Association Although this site is designed primarily for
Manitoba producers, it provides a wide range of information and
links of use to all shepherds, producers, veterinarians, livestock
specialists and others to access the vast amount of sheep related
information available on the web.
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Maryland
Small Ruminant Page Has one of the most extensive collections
of information links for sheep on the web.
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Virginia
Cooperative Extension Great articles about sheep health, management,
marketing and economics, nutrition, and reproduction.
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National Sheep
Industry Improvement Center This site helps U.S. sheep and goat
industries to strengthen and enhance the production and marketing
of their animals and products.
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An
Update on Hair (Meat) Sheep in the U.S. by Susan Schoenian
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Oklahoma
State University Hair Shee[ Breeds Library Breeds and selection
information;, commercial information; collections of publications;
diseases, disorders and pests; nutrition and feeding; production/husbandry
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Barbados
Blackbellies—A National Treasure by Susan Schoenian
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Line
Breeding—an Ancient Breeding Tool Barbara Webb does an
excellent job describing the principles of line breeding in layman's
terms.
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FSpeed—Fast
Inbreeding Computation Software Windows program for rapidly
computing the inbreeding of all individuals in a breeding population.
Free version available.
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Ethnic
Calendar Use this calendar to help you pinpoint the best times
to sell your sheep to ethnic populations who eat sheep as part of
their religious holidays.
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Magazines, Email Groups, Organizations
Supplies and Services
Blackbelly Goodies Store—t-shirts, hats, mousepads, and more!!
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 D-S
Livestock Company sells the Billy Buster platform headgate and
chute. This amazing piece of equipment allows me to trim hooves,
tag, medicate, and otherwise constrain my sheep single-handed. Pricy,
but worth every cent!
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 Udderly
EZ Sheep Milker Now you can easily obtain cholostrum from lactating
ewes with tiny teats. Freeze it for emergency use in icecube trays.
Click
here to read people's testimonials.
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Premier
Even if you never order from them, get their catalog. It is one
of the best learning tools for fencing I've ever read. Premier sells
excellent sheep lambing products and is the only source for the
2X ear tags suitable for blackbelly ears. They are the people to
talk to about your scrapie tags. Excellent customer service.
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Drs.
Foster and Smith They sell the cheapest nylon collars (18"
long x 1" wide) that I've found so far (Item 9N-9003, $4.99
ea available in 12 colors).
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Pipestone Veterinary
Supply Of special interest is their archive
of sheep articles. Pipestone is a good source for sheep vet
products.
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Sydell, Inc.
Sells quality sheep handling systems.
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 Lamb
Lovers Cookbook. One of only two lamb cookbooks vailable in
the entire WORLD! This cookbook contains over 100 mouth-watering
recipes and is fully indexed to make it easy to find recipes by
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 Pen&Ink
drawings from photos. Ann-Cathrine Loo lives in the U.K., but
all she needs is your photograph and an email address to create
exquisite drawings and paintings of your sheep, family, and any
other artwork you may need. She made this line drawing for me to
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Animal Transport
 UShip.com
is a free pet transport bid site. Animal owners can list any animal
they need shipped--dogs, sheep, goats, whatever--and in turn they
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Sheep as Food
Government
Veterinary/Medical
American
Association of Small Ruminant Practitioners Use their membership
list to find a veterinarian near you who specializes in sheep and
goats.
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Scrapie susceptibility testing. Read these excellent articles for
more information about the genetics of scrapie:
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Drugs
Commonly Used in Livestock Production Handy table showing clinical
indications, dosages, and withdrawal times of the antibiotics you
are most likely to use on your sheep.
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How to
Compost a Dead Sheep Don't laugh...your sheep won't live forever.
Learn from this fully illustrated slide show how to return your
sheep to the soil.
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Fias
Co Farm's How to Do Home Fecal Testing Web site This is one
of the best sites for beginners to use. Clear instructions, good
photos.
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Diagnosis
of Internal Parasitism Slide show demonstrates how to prepare
the sample, how to load it on a egg-counting slide, how to recognize
eggs (versus air bubbles), and how to calculate eggs per gram.
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Livestock
Fecal Examination for Parasite Eggs by Joe Tritschler and Brad LeaMaster
Describes how to do a fecal exam using a home-made flotation solution
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Farmstead
Health Supply Fecal Egg Count Kits
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Deworming
with Garlic Jean Noon's experimental results from testing the
effectiveness of garlic juice as a deworming agent.
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Deworming with
Diatomaceous Earth (DE) Perma-Guard is a manufacturer of DE,
and their site provides good information about the use of DE as
a deworming agent.
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How
to Do a Basic Field Necropsy Marvelous full-color illustrations
and step-by-step procedures for doing a necropsy on a cow. It wouldn't
be hard to generalize a lot of the information to a sheep. It shows
normal and abnormal conditions for many of the organs. Be sure to
download the many mini-movies that demonstrate techniques and tips.
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Selenium
Toxicity/Deficiency Selenium toxicity is a serious threat to
livestock in the mid-western United States. Yet most of the Eastern
and Northwestern areas of the country have low selenium in the soil
and in the plants, creating a selenium deficiency problem. This
Web site describes the distribution of selenium throughout the U.S.;
symptoms of incorrect levels ; treatment; and prevention.
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Copper
Requirements for Sheep Copper is a necessary dietary requirement
for sheep, but too much creates a fatal copper toxicity. How much
is enough?
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Pasture and Plants
Building Plans for Barns, Shelters, Feeders, Etc.
Breed Conservation/Preservation
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