Veterinary, Dairy and Fisheries Science
Sheep Production
Description
The main aim of this book has been to present a comprehensive piece of information on various aspects of sheep farming and wool production in India. The book is intended primarily as a text book for under-graduate and post-graduate students majoring in Sheep Production and Breeding in Animal Sciences Colleges/Departments of various Universities in the country and for research and development workers as a reference. The book has 18 chapters covering the major facets of Sheep Production: the environment, breeds, systems of breeding, feeding, prevention and control of diseases, management, by-products and finally ending with economics of sheep rearing.
Table of Contents
Introduction, Classification, Origin and Domestication, Ecology, habitat and distribution,Types and breeds of sheep, Genetics: Breeding, Reproduction, Nutrition, Housing and management, Production performance of Sheep, Sheep production and land degradation, Wool production and quality, Meat production, Specification for mutton (sheep) and chevon (goat meat) (AGMARK standard), Milk production, Utilization of by-products, Sheep records, Diseases and their control, Economics of sheep farming; References; Index.