Conference proceedings

The 2011 Lambing & Kidding School was held on November 19 at Chesapeake College in Wye Mills, Maryland. Participants received program proceedings via a notebook or flash drive. Most of the handouts can be downloaded from this web page. Otherwise, you can purchase a notebook ($15) or flash drive ($10) containing the proceedings. Contact Pam Thomas at pthomas@umd.edu or (301) 432-2767 x343 to purchase the proceedings.

Fact sheets

Coccidiosis: deadly scourge of lambs and kids
by Susan Schoenian
University of Maryland Extension

Docking, castrating, and disbudding
by Susan Schoenian
University of Maryland Extension

Getting ready for lambing and kidding
by Susan Schoenian
University of Maryland Extension

Giving injections
By Drs. Clive Dalton and Majorie Orr
Woolshed 1 Blog

Lamb autopsy: notes on a procedure for determining cause of death
by New South Wales Australia Agriculture and SheepCRC

Lamb post-mortem protocol for use on farm: to diagnose primary causes of lamb death from birth to 3 days of age
The Open Journal of Veterinary Science

Sheep Obstetrics
by Dr. Norm Gates

Small Ruminant Necropsy Notes
by Dr. Susan Kerr
Washington State University

Suggested lambing/kidding supplies
by Dr. Susan Kerr
Washington State University

Tube feeding neonatal small ruminants
by Dr. Susan Kerr
Washington State University

Weaning lambs and kids
by Susan Schoenian
University of Maryland Extension

Why didn't it live?: hypothermia and starvation in Michigan lambs
by Dr. Joe Rook
Michigan State University
Published courtesy of Shepherd Magazine

PowerPoint presentations

Getting ready for lambing and kidding | .PPPX
by Susan Schoenian
University of Maryland Extension

Obstetrics
by Dr. Susan Kerr
Washington State University

Neonatal care
by Dr. Susan Kerr
Washington State University

Nutrition of ewe and doe before and after lambing and kidding
by Dr. E. Nelson Escobar
University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Other handouts

ASI Let's Grow Fact Sheets
Assessing lamb mortality patterns is the first step to reducing loss
Biosecurity
Late gestation/early lactation ewe nutrition
Making vaccine choices
Steps to effective and sustainable internal parasite management
Using genetics to increase lambing percentage

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Order scrapie ear tags

Record sheets
Individual doe record
Barn record (meat goats)
Individual ewe record
Barn record (sheep)

Wild & Woolly Fall 2011 issue
Edited by Susan Schoenian and Pam Thomas
University of Maryland Extension

YouTube Video Links

Dr. Susan Kerr performs a necropsy at the school.

Page created or last updated by Susan Schoenian on 23-Nov-2011 .

University of Maryland Extension holds a Lambing & Kidding School every other year (odd years) at a different location in Maryland. All topics in the program pertain to lambing and kidding. The featured speaker is a nationally-known small ruminant veterinarian.

Susan Schoenian is a Sheep & Goat Specialist at the University of Maryland's Western Maryland Research & Education Center and is an affiliated faculty member of the Department of Animal and Avian Sciences at the University of Maryland. She has been with University of Maryland Extension (UME) since 1988. Previously, Susan served as a Farm Management Specialist for Maryland's nine Eastern Shore counties and as a county agricultural agent in Wicomico County. Her first professional job was as Sheep Specialist for the West Virginia Department of Agriculture. Susan earned her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Animal Science from Virginia Tech and Montana State University, respectively. She raises registered and commercial Katahdin sheep on her small farm called The Baalands in Clear Spring, Maryland.

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