Lamb and Kids Fattening. A Handbook

Document from the year 2015 in the subject Agrarian Studies, grade: A, , language: English, abstract: This book provides an outline for raising and fattening lambs and kids. It includes a comparative study of different breeds of animals best suited to this purpose. The authors offer a detailed examination of the principles of lamb and kids fattening. They touch on the subject of feed and feeding regime as well as disease control, management, hygiene, housing, quality control, evaluation and marketing. Additionally, the authors provide the results of their own trials, which used 550 lambs and kids of different breeds.