Sheep Research - Organic Production

• Breed Selection
• Disease and Parasite Management
• Grazing and Pasture Management
• Meat Quality
• Welfare
  
  
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Breed Selection

• Using rare breeds in organic farming systems

Parasite Management

• NEW!! Prevalence and distribution of gastrointestinal nematodes on 32 organic and conventional commercial sheep farms in Ontario and Quebec
• NEW!! Selection of tannins by sheep in response to gastrointestinal nematode infection
• The ability of the biological control agent Duddingtonia flagrans to reduce the availability of livestock parasites on pasture
• Anhydrobiosis increases survival of trichostrongyle nematodes
• DIY (Do It Yourself) Faecal Egg Counts in Sheep
• Effects of maternal protein nutrition and subsequent grazing on chicory on parasitism and performance of lambs
• The epidemiology of abomasal nematodes of sheep in Sweden, with particular reference to over-winter survival strategies
• Ethnoveterinary medicines used for ruminants in British Columbia, Canada
• European Union Integrated Project "Quality Low Input Food"
  • Effects of production methods
  • Livestock production systems
• Gastrointestinal nematodes on organic sheep farms and sustainable parasite control measures
• Identifying alternative parasiticides for use in the production of organic lamb (PDF, 2.0 MB)
• Influence of periparturient nutritional demand on resistance to parasites in livestock
• Managing Parasites of Grazing Livestock
• The peri-parturient rise in sheep.  Faecal worm egg counts in normal and late lambing ewes
• Seasonal changes of gastrointestinal nematode burden in sheep under an intensive grazing system
• Study of the population dynamics of gastrointestinal nematodes in organic sheep farms in Canada with an attempt to introduce sustainable parasite control measures

Grazing and Pasture Management

• Livestock and Forages: Essentials of Organic Farming?

Meat Quality

• Comparison of the meat and carcass quality of lambs raised in organic or conventional production systems

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