Type: Chapter
University of Edinburgh
1 Introduction 2 The global role of farming small ruminants 3 Efficiency of global ruminant livestock production 4 Ecological impact of small ruminants 5 Genetic improvement of sheep and technological advances 6 Improving small ruminant production effi ciency through animal health management 7 Sheep health management 8 Sheep flock health planning 9 Sheep nutritional management 10 Biosecurity of individual sheep flocks 11 Case study: applying principles of sheep fl ock health planning to lamb growth rates 12 Case study: parasitic nematode control in sheep as a globally important health management challenge 13 Summary 14 Where to look for further information 15 References