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- Painted Desert Sheep - Good Earth Organic Farm - Breeders of Painted Desert sheep, Hawaiian Black sheep, Blackbelly Barbados sheep, Katahdin sheep, Great Pyrenees and Anatolian Shepherds on a certified organic farm located in Celeste, Texas.
- British Sheep dairying Association - Information on all aspects of sheep dairying, including sheep health, sheep milk, cheese, yogurt and ice cream.
- A Sick Sheep is not Always a Dead Sheep - "A sick sheep is a dead sheep" is a frequently heard statement. To a certain extent, there is some truth to this, but not for reasons commonly believed.
- Sheep Dairying - Although the United States and Canada import more than 24 million pounds of sheep cheese,sheep dairying is virtually nonexistent in these countries. More facts about sheep cheese.
- Sheep! Magazine - "Publication for practical sheep farmers." Information about subscriptions and current events; profitable sheep tips, sheep books, and sheep links.
- United Suffolk Sheep Association - Encouraging and supporting Suffolk sheep breeders of all ages in their efforts to produce, positively identify and record, and promote Suffolk sheep that are of benefit to the breed and the entire sheep industry.
- Sheep Is Life - Sheep Is Life is hosted by Diné College in collaboration with Diné bí' íína', Native American Pastoral Textile Project of the Institute of American Indian Arts, Navajo-Churro Sheep Association, and Navajo Sheep Project.
- Fighting and Winning the Parasite Battle in Sheep - Worms: sheep get them, shepherds try to kill them. For a control and prevention program, some knowledge of type of parasites, life cycle of parasite, sheep susceptibility, anthelmintics (dewormers) available, management options available, local and regional considerations, and whole farm prevention programs are necessary to win the battle.
- Maple Ridge Sheep Farm - Probably the oldest Shetland Sheep farm in the US and possibly the largest flock. This site has information especially useful to Northeastern shepherds. Includes information about feeding the Shetlands during long Vermont winters and an essay about the profitability of sheep farming.
- Breeders' World Sheep Directory - Sheep breeders listing of club lamb producers, sheep sales, breed associations, and an informative bulletin board.
Wikipedia Articles
- Bighorn Sheep - Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) is one of three species of mountain sheep in North America and Siberia; the other two species being Ovis dalli, that includes Dall Sheep and Stone's Sheep, and the Siberian Snow sheep Ovis nivicola. The taxononomy continues to be modified as new genetic and morphologic data becomes available but most scientists currently recognize the ...
- Red sheep - Red sheep could refer to one of several breeds of sheep; the Iranian Red Sheep, or the California Red Sheep.
- Sheep husbandry - Sheep husbandry is the raising and breeding of domestic sheep, and a subcategory of animal husbandry. Sheep farming is primarily based on raising lambs for meat, or raising sheep for wool.
- Fat-tailed sheep - The fat-tailed sheep is a category of domestic sheep that comprise approximately 25% of the world sheep population (Davidson, 1999). Breeds of fat-tail sheep are commonly found in northern parts of Africa, the Middle and Near East, in particular, the Fertile Crescent, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey.
- Roslag sheep - The Roslag sheep (Swedish: Roslagsfår) is a breed of endangered domesticated sheep that originated in and is almost exclusively found in Sweden.North Shed: Swedish Roslag Sheep