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New stuff

Wild & Woolly Winter 2012 issue | PDF
[ONLINE QUIZ] Hoof care and diseases
Proceedings 2011 Lambing & Kidding School
[FLYER, PDF] 2012 Webinar Series: Sheep and Goat Nutrition and Feeding
Maryland Extension Small Ruminant Program on Facebook
Goat carcass evaluation: pasture vs. pen-fed

Recently added links

Anatomy of the digestive system (ruminants) - Tuskegee University
Compendium of Veterinary Products (CVP) - Bayer
[PDF] Footrot control and eradication - Coopers®
[PDF] Rearing young ruminants - FAO
[PDF] Visual sheep scores - Meat & Livestock Australia

General Links

Shepherd's Notebook blog | subscribe
W MD Pasture-Based Meat Goat Performance Test Blog
Wild & Woolly Sheep/Goat Newsletter Main Page
Sheep & Wool Skillathon at MS&WF
Goat Skillathon at Western Maryland Goat Field Day & Sale
Sheep, goat, and livestock online quizzes
[PDF] Order scrapie ear tags
Sheep and Goat References
Sheep 101 Home Page
Sheep 201: A Beginner's Guide to Raising Sheep
Webinar recordings

Quick Reference Tables

Ethnic holiday calendar 2011-2015
Antibiotics commonly used in livestock production
The internal parasites that affect sheep and goats
Anthelmintics used to control internal parasites in sheep and goats
Optimal slaughter weight for lambs
Products used to treat and/or prevent coccidiosis
Products used to treat and control external parasites
Vaccines used in the sheep and goat industry
Timeline for a ewe and her lambs (by Martha Polkey)

Small Ruminant Info Sheets

Coccidiosis: deadly scourge of young lambs and kids
Coping with high feed costs
Heat stress in sheep and goats
Weaning Primer
MORE . . . 

PowerPoint presentations

Goat hoof health and management | PDF
Sheep hoof health and management | PDF
My PowerPoint presentations at Slideshare
MORE . . .

Spreadsheets

Meat Goat Budget
2011 UME Meat Goat Ration Evaluator .XLSX | .XLS
RationMixer
Ration Evaluator
Sheep Budget
MORE . . .

Forms

[PDF] Individual Ewe Record Sheet
[PDF] Barn Record Sheet (sheep)
[PDF] Individual Doe Record Sheet
[PDF] Barn Record Sheet (meat goat)

Program Proceedings

2005 Hair Sheep Workshop @ Virginia State University
2005 Lambing & Kidding School @ Carroll Community College
2009 Lambing & Kidding School in Waldorf, MD
2011 Lambing & Kidding School @ Chesapeake College

Abstracts

Carcass traits of pasture-raised goats
Characterizing the parasite challenge of meat goats grazing summer pastures
Developing a meat goat performance testing program in Maryland
MORE . . .

Peer-reviewed fact sheets

[PDF] Housing, facilities, and equipment for meat goat production
[PDF] Raising goats for meat
Mid-Atlantic 4-H Meat Goat Project Guide | PDF



 Susan at a sheep farm in Brazil

 Susan's replacement ewe lambs  

 

The Maryland Small Ruminant Page [sheepandgoat.com] is a privately-owned web site. It was created in 1998 as an information portal for sheep and goat producers and anyone else interested in small ruminant production. The web site includes original documents and images as well as a comprehensive list of links pertaining to small ruminants and related topics. The web site was developed and is solely maintained by Susan Schoenian, Extension Sheep & Goat Specialist at the University of Maryland's Western Maryland Research & Education Center in Keedsyville, Maryland. Susan has been with University of Maryland Extension since 1988. She earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Animal Science from Virginia Tech and Montana State University, respectively. Susan raises purebred and crossbred Katahdin sheep on a small farm she calls The Baalands in Clear Spring, Maryland. Please direct all questions, comments, or suggestions to Susan at sschoen@umd.edu.

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Disclaimer: The information and links contained on the Maryland Small Ruminant Page [sheepandgoat.com] and other pages created by Susan Schoenian are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of any person, organization, business, product, or web site. The author disclaims any liability in connection with the use of this information. Common sense and sound judgement should be applied to all information obtained from the web, regardless of source. In matters of animal health, producers are advised to seek competent veterinary assistance.

Last updated 22-Jan-2012 by Susan Schoenian.