The Practice of Sheep Veterinary Medicine
This book is intended to be a reference text for veterinarians who provide clinical services to sheep producers. It is directed first and foremost at ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n sheep-raising systems, but the approaches described herein will have wide application in all countries where sheep are raised under extensive grazing conditions.
Most of the important conditions of sheep in ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ are relatively straightforward to diagnose, but the establishment of effective and economically sound control strategies is often the most difficult part of health management, particularly for those who are less familiar with sheep production systems. With six initial chapters focusing on providing readers with a basic understanding of the business and science underpinning sheep production, this book focuses its remaining chapters on reproduction and disease conditions, ordered largely on a systems basis. The book provides details about the way disease processes develop and manifest in sheep flocks, with numerous references for those who wish to read further.
Thanks to the strengths of both its wool industry and its sheep meat industry, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n sheep production is a profitable and fulfilling agricultural pursuit for a large number of farm owners. This book is intended to assist those who work in the industry to add to the profitability and efficiency of sheep production systems, the quality of sheep products and the welfare of the sheep in those systems.
About the author
Kym Abbott is a sheep veterinary specialist and adjunct professor of sheep medicine at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide. Dr Abbott was a farm animal practitioner then sheep veterinary consultant in South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ and western Victoria before taking up academic appointments at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Sydney and the Royal Veterinary College, London. He was the founding head of the Veterinary School at Charles Sturt ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, then head and professor of sheep medicine at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide. Dr Abbott completed his MVS at the Mackinnon Project of the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Melbourne in 1986 and PhD in ovine footrot at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Sydney in 2000.