The Sheep Veterinary Practice

Sheep Veterinary Practice is the ideal reference for veterinarians in farm animal practice, veterinary and animal science students, agriculturalists and sheep producers. While addressing sheep health, welfare and production matters in Australia, this book covers issues of relevance in any country where sheep are raised.

Sheep veterinary specialist Professor Kym Abbott and his co-authors inform the reader of the science underpinning the occurrence of disease syndromes, giving special attention to commonly investigated problems related to nutrition, reproduction and helminthiasis. Other disease conditions of sheep are discussed in subsequent chapters; first on the basis of presenting signs in the case of lameness and sudden death – conditions in which signs can be attributed to disorders of a variety of body systems – and then on a body-systems basis. Following on from Professor Abbott's The Practice of Sheep Veterinary Medicine, a review of the systems and strategies available to improve the welfare of sheep in extensive farming systems is included, as well as discussion of pain relief, analgesia and anaesthesia for sheep.

The text is illustrated with over 150 images and photographs, the majority in full colour.

Kym Abbott is a sheep veterinary specialist and Adjunct Professor of Sheep Medicine at The University of Adelaide. Editor of the entire work and author of 13 chapters.

The following are chapter authors:

Simon de Graaf is an Associate Professor of Animal Reproduction and Director of the Animal Reproduction Unit in the Faculty of Science at The University of Sydney.

Associate Professor John Larsen is a senior researcher with the Mackinnon Project at The University of Melbourne Veterinary School, Werribee.

Philip Hynd is Emeritus Professor of Animal Production at The University of Adelaide.

Stuart Barber is Senior Lecturer in Animal Health, Welfare and Production in the Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Science, University of Melbourne.

Tristan Jubb is a livestock production veterinarian who runs Bendigo Sheep Vets in central Victoria.

David Jenkins is an Associate Professor (Veterinary Parasitology) at the School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW.

Andrew Fisher is Chair of Cattle and Sheep Production Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne.

Gabrielle Musk is a Veterinary Anaesthetist and Veterinary Officer for Animal Care Services at the University of Western Australia Large Animal Facility, Crawley, Western Australia.