Organic Farming: Livestock

Revised Edition

Colour photographs 90 pages Publisher: NSW Department of Primary Industries 2008

Paperback - ISBN: 9780731306145 - AU $34.00

Description  | Contents  | Related Titles  | Related Categories Description The third book in the organic farming series shows how to produce livestock using organic faming methods, with particular emphasis on sheep and wool. Contents Organic livestock Animal welfare Parasite problems for ruminants - sheep, cattle, goats and deer Internal parasites Developing a worm resistant mob The importance of nutrition Dung beetles and other allies The importance of planning Some myths of 'clean' grazing Quarantine paddocks Buying in and selecting stock Monitoring your stock Sheep Sheep resistance to worms Barbers Pole worms Liver fluke Flystrike Body lice Footrot Monitoring parasite seed in sheep dung Managing the animals you want to test for genetic purposes Farming compost worms Compost worm beds Feeding Reproduction How many compost worms? Diseases and pests Maintenance of beds Harvesting What the farmers say 10 case studies: vealers, beef, deer, prime lamb, broadacre mised farming, pigs, dairy and yoghurt, poultry - meat and eggs, worms. Useful contacts. Related Titles Organic Farming: An Introduction Organic Farming: Crops, Fruits and Vegetables Related Categories Landlinks : Farm Management Landlinks : Livestock - Other