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General Topics
All About Meat Goats
Goats and Sheep as Pets
Grass-fed Lamb and Goats
Raising Sheep & Goats Organically
The Welfare of docking and castrating lambs

Breeding and Reproduction
A Cornucopia of Sheep Breeds: Which One Do I Pick?
Crossbreeding for Profit
Evaluating Meat Goat Breeding Stock
Sheep Breeds A-Z from Sheep 101
Check out George's Top Ten Sheep Breeds

Feeding and Nutrition
Colostrum: Liquid Gold
Coping with high feed costs
General guidelines for feeding sheep and goats
Introduction to Feeding Small Ruminants
Raising Lambs and Kids Artificially
The Truth About Grain: Feeding Grain to Small Ruminants

Hair (Meat) Sheep
Hair Sheep Production and Marketing
Perhaps, You Should Consider Hair Sheep
An Update on Hair Sheep in the U.S.

Health and Diseases
Copper Toxicity in Sheep
Diarrhea (Scours) in Small Ruminants
Diseases A-Z - A Beginner's Guide to Raising Sheep | [PDF]
Disease Image Gallery
Enterotoxemia in Lambs
General Health Care of Sheep and Goats
Infectious Causes of Abortion in Ewes
Mad Cow and Foot-and-Mouth
Mastitis in Ewes and Does
Milk Fever Strikes
Pregnancy Toxemia in Ewes and Does
Rectal Prolapses - a complex problem with many contributing factors
Urinary Calculi in Sheep and Goats
Vaccinating for Overeating Disease
Vaccinations for Sheep and Goat Flocks
White Muscle Disease in Sheep and Goats

Internal Parasites
Integrated Parasite Management (IPM) in Small Ruminants
Internal Parasite Control - A Beginner's Guide to Raising Sheep
Meningeal Worm (Paralaphostrongylus tenius)
Tapeworms: problem or not
Understanding anthelmintics (dewormers)

International Experiences
Back to the Islands: The British Virgin Islands
Barbados Blackbellies: A National Treasure
A Bright Future: Kazakhstan Revisited
A Forgotten Country: Moldova
A Glimpse of Brazil's Sheep and Goat Industry
Hair Sheep Production in the Caribbean
Judging Sheep and Goats in the Dominican Republic
 Memories of the USSR -- My First Trip Abroad
Raising Sheep in Paradise: Trinidad and Tobago
Raising Sheep in South Kazakhstan
Sheep and Goat Production in Egypt
Six Months in Poland With a Maryland County Agent
World Sheep & Wool Congress: A Personal Account

Management
Composting Dead Sheep - by David L. Greene
Disposing of Dead Goats - by Mark J. Estienne
Docking, castrating, and disbudding | PDF
Efficient Handling of Meat Goats
Facilities and Equipment for Commercial Meat Goat Production
Getting Ready for Lambing and Kidding | [PDF]
Tail Measuring Device Available
Where to Dock Lambs

Marketing and Economics
Tips for Selling Sheep and Goats Through Public Livestock Auctions | [PDF]
Producing and Selling Sheep and Goats to the Ethnic/Religious Meat Markets | [PDF]
Economics of Raising Meat Goats and Sheep | [PDF]
Live and Carcass Evaluation of Meat Goats - Kerrville, Texas
How a Wool Pool Works (Maryland Wool Pool)

Youth
Best Management Practices - Youth Market Lamb Projects
Maryland's 4-H Tail Docking Policy: Past, Present, and Future

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