Lambing can be a challenging prospect, whether its your first or your 31st season. This highly practical manual will take you through the periods approaching, during, and immediately after lambing. Advice is given on how to deal with a range of situations, including normal and malpresentations, the sick in-lamb ewe, abortion, pre- and post-lambing prolapses, the health of the newborn lamb, and problems and emergencies in the first few days. This authoritative and highly practical manual is suitable for agricultural students and shepherds alike, and contains easy-to-follow instructions accompanied by 90 specially commissioned photographs.
Agnes C Winter, B.VSc, PhD, DSHP, MRCVS is a specialist sheep vet who grew up on a family farm in the Yorkshire Dales and has kept sheep for most of her life. She is the past President of the Sheep Veterinary Society, President of the Wensleydale Longwool Sheep Breeder's Association and Vice President of the European College of Small Ruminant Health Management. She is now Honorary Professor of the Veterinary School at The University of Liverpool where she worked for 25 years before retiring in 2008.
