​Maryland Small Ruminant Page

Reproduction

Infographics pertaining to reproduction in sheep and goats.  These 1-page factsheets are meant to provide an overview of the subject. They are PDF files. For JPG images of these infographics, go to FLICKR.  Feel free to use and share and suggest topics for additional infographics.

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1. The Amazing Placenta  

2. Artificial insemination (AI) of small ruminants

3. Baby, it's time:  Parturition  

4. The Birds and the Bees

5. Breeding ewe lambs and doe kids

6. Breeding out-of-season

7. Embryo survival

8. Follicles & Oocytes (folliculogenesis)

9. Hormones 101  

10. Increase your lamb/kid crop

11. In the mood (estrus)

12. Lactation  

13. Ovulation = Egg Release

14. Protecting the family jewels (scrotum/testicles)

15. Ready to become parents (puberty)

16. Reproduction in ewes and does

17. Reproduction in rams and bucks

18. Sperm

19. Udder facts

20.  What to expect when you're expecting (pregnancy)

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Last updated 10.09.25 by Susan Schoenian                            [GO BACK TO INDEX]

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