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- Buying Healthy Sheep at Saleyards - Methods are given for examining sheep for footrot, foot abscess, lice, scabby mouth, fleece rot, lumpy wool, pink eye, cancer and cheesy gland.
www.agric.wa.gov.au/agency/Pubns/farmnote/1995/f04195.htm
- Club Lamb Fungus Disease - Club lamb fungus disease is a threat to both animals and humans. This guide reports on the disease cause, symptoms and treatment methods.
www.ianr.unl.edu/PUBS/animaldisease/g1075.htm
- Epididymitis - How to recognize and manage this chronic infection of the epididymis and testes associated with lowered ram fertility.
www.gov.on.ca/omafra/english/livestock/sheep/facts/info_shpepid.htm
- Foot and Mouth Disease - Information on the disease from the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/fmd/default.htm
- Foot and Mouth Disease Links - Latest information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
www.usda.gov/special/fmd/fmd.html
- Johne's Disease in Sheep - Good discussion regarding Johne's disease (pronounced yonee's), a bacterial disease of ruminants characterized by wasting and diarrhea.
www.gov.on.ca/OMAFRA/english/livestock/sheep/facts/johnsdis.htm
- OPP and Sheep Health Facts - Fact sheets describe the disease and methods of eradication. Also includes membership information for the "OPP Concerned Sheep Breeders Society" and a veternarian referral list.
www.all-animals.com/groveland/sheeph.html
- Ovine brucellosis - Discusses economic loss from ovine brucellosis. Covers signs of the disease in rams and ewes, effects on flock fertility, spread of infection, three diagnostic methods, eradication from stud flocks and accredited free flocks.
www.agric.wa.gov.au/agency/Pubns/farmnote/1996/f01096.htm
- Ovine Brucellosis - Ovine brucellosis (OB) is a bacterial disease of sheep found throughout Australia and characterised by infertility in rams. Learn how to diagnose and control this serious problem.
www.nre.vic.gov.au/web/root/domino/infseries/infsheet.nsf/948cf8407d6ac5dd4a25652e0039a432/a7b73fc6f97f14664a2565560018946b?OpenDocument
- Ovine Progressive Pneumonia in Sheep - Provides information on ovine progressive pneumonia, a common disease in sheep. Covers prevalence, transmission, clinical signs, diagnosis, and control and eradication of the disease. Includes color photos showing infected lungs and microscopic cross-sections of lungs. For sheep
www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/livestocksystems/DI5750.html
- Pizzle Rot - Symptoms, progression and treatment of this potentially serious problem affecting rams.
www.gov.on.ca/omafra/english/livestock/sheep/facts/info_shppizrot.htm
- Pneumonia - Factors to consider when outbreaks of pneumonia occur.
www.gov.on.ca/omafra/english/livestock/sheep/facts/info_shppneum.htm
- Preventing Pasture Bloat in Sheep - Bloat can be a sudden and lethal occurrence for sheep. Often, unless the livestock is being monitored closely, the first symptom one notices is dead or distressed animals.
ag.ansc.purdue.edu/sheep/articles/pasbloat.html
- Scrapie - Voluntary Flock Certification Program, FAQ and links.
www.osranch.com/Scrapie.htm
- Scrapie - This site by USDA- APHIS gives information on the voluntary scrapie program and how to enroll.
www.aphis.usda.gov/oa/pubs/fsscrapie.html
- Scrapie Information - Information about this fatal progressive neurological disorder of sheep from the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/bse/bse-science/level-4-scrapie.html
- Sheep arthritis - Discusses causes, clinical signs, treatment and prevention of arthritis in sheep, an inflammation of the joints of the legs.
www.agric.wa.gov.au/agency/Pubns/farmnote/1994/f00494.htm
- Sheep Disease - Causes, treatments and prevention strategies for some of the diseases commonly found in CNY flocks.
www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Park/5471/SheepDisease1.html
- Sheep Diseases - Review of common diseases found in sheep (PDF).
www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/sheep/ncr379.htm
- Sheep Diseases - Brief comments help diagnose, treat and prevent some of the more prevalent health problems of sheep.
www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/livestocksystems/DI1877.html
- USDA APHIS VS Scrapie Information - Links to information about the disease, certification program and proposed rules.
www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/scrapie
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