SELF-TEACHING MANUAL IN HAIR SHEEP PRODUCTION

FAO Technical Cooperation Programme
Project TCP/RLA/4402(T)

SELF-TEACHING MANUAL IN HAIR SHEEP PRODUCTION

Caribbean Network of Cooperation in Small Animal Development

First Edition
May 1985

Santiago, Chile

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean


CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS

Technical Material

- Donald L. Huss, Regional Animal Production Officer.   FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the   Caribbean, Santiago, Chile.

- Robert Quintyne, Deputy Chief Agricultural Officer and   Senior Agricultural Officer, Animal Nutrition Unit,   Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Affairs, Barbados.

- Gerald A. Proverbs, Animal Scientist, Head of Unit,   Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute   (CARDI), Cave Hill Campus, Barbados.

- Armando Cardozo, FAO Consultant, La Paz, Bolivia.

Instructional Design

- Fidel Oteίza, Researcher, Universidad de Santiago de Chile,   Santiago, Chile.

- Delia Silva, Educator, Santiago, Chile.

Illustrations

- Guillermo Bastίas Moreno, Santiago, Chile.

Script Layout

- Madeleine Maxwell, FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, Santiago, Chile.

INDEX

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL

CHAPTER I Hair sheep raising

CHAPTER II How to choose good sheep

Test Number 1

CHAPTER III Nutrition

Test Number 2

CHAPTER IV Feeding sheep

Test Number 3

CHAPTER V Sheep breeding, pregnancy and birth

Test Number 4

CHAPTER VI Sheep diseases

Test Number 5

CHAPTER VII Working together

APPENDIX I  Some examples of feeds for  supplementation

APPENDIX II Some sheets for your record-keeping

APPENDIX III Some examples of facilities