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February 2012
Table of Contents
Title Page
Foreword v
Acknowledgements vi
Improving the Efficiency and Profitability of Your Sheep FlockMichael G. Diskin and Michael P. McHugh
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Grassland Management for High Lamb PerformanceTim Keady and Noel McNamara
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Reseeding Options to Improve Pasture ProductivityPhilip Creighton
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Reseeding Pasture: Should You Consider Chicory or Tyfon?Tim Keady and Seamus Hanrahan
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Feed Ingredient Options for Sheep RationsSiobhan Kavanagh
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Nutrition in Late Pregnancy is the Foundation to Flock ProfitabilityTim Keady
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High Concentrates Diet for Ewes in Late PregnancyFrank Hynes
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Creep Feeding Concentrate to Lambs at Pasture – Does it Pay?Tim Keady
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Finishing Store Lambs During Winter: Which Diet to Offer?Tim Keady
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Maintaining a Disease Free Flock with Bought-in SheepMichael P. McHugh
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Controlling Lameness in SheepMichael Gottstein
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Internal Parasites: An Ongoing Problem on Sheep FarmsFrank Hynes
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Anthelmintic Resistance – A Potential Crisis for Sheep Producers?Barbara Good
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Liver Fluke DiseaseFrank Hynes
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Ewe Body Condition Impacts on Weaning RateTim Keady and Noel McNamara
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Season of Shearing Impacts on Flock ProfitabilityTim Keady
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Castrating Lambs Decreases ProfitabilityTim Keady
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Extended Grazing – An Alternative System for Low to Moderately Stocked
FarmsTim Keady
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Labour Management on Sheep FarmsFrank Hynes
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Lamb Drafting and Market SpecificationsMichael P. McHugh
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Replacement Policy and ManagementMichael P.McHugh
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Irish Breed Comparison Studies – A ReviewNoírín McHugh and Michael G. Diskin
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Current and Future Developments in Irish Sheep BreedingNoírín McHugh
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Synchrosing Ewes for Early Lamb ProductionMichael Gottstein
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The Lowland BETTER Farm Sheep Programme: Messages To-Date
Ciaran Lynch
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Management of the Hill Sheep Flock at Lennane with Special Reference to
Lambing SupervisionLuke O’Malley and Seamus Hanrahan
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The Hill BETTER Farm Sheep Programme: Messages To-DateCiaran Lynch
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Electronic Identification (EID) of SheepFrank Hynes
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Common ingredients
Energy feeds Comments
Barley High starch, risk of acidosis at high feeding rates.
Wheat High starch and rapidly digestible, higher risk of acidosis than with barley or maize.
Maize grain High starch but slowly digestible, risk of acidosis less than barley or wheat.
Citrus pulp Good source of digestible fibre and sugar.
Beet pulp Good source of digestible fibre and high energy.
Soya hulls Good source of digestible fibre, and moderate energy content.
Wheat feed By-product from flour processing and (pollard) low energy feed. Avoid usoing this product at high inclusion rates.
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Molasses Useful for binding pelleted concentrates, reducing dust and improves palatability of concentrate mixes. Typical inclusion of 3-6% in the concentrate mix.
Protein Feeds
Maize distillers High energy and moderate protein feed. grains Can be hugh in copper.
Maize gluten feed Moderate energy, moderate protein, variable quality.
Rapeseed meal High protein, a good source of rumen degradable protein, palatability issues at high inclusion rates.
Palm kernel meal Low energy feed; limit its use in high energy mixes. Avoid using this product at high inclusion rates.
Sunflower meal Low energy feed, high protein content but protein is of poor quality. Avoid using this product at high inclusion rates.
Soyabean meal The best quality protein feed and high in by-pass protein.
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