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Title:

Feeding and managing sheep in dry times / compiled by Ian McFarland, Mandy Curnow, Mike Hyder, Brian Ashton, Danny Roberts. [Variant title:Feeding and managing sheep in dry times [Replaces Bulletin 4651]

Author:

Roberts, W. D. (Western Australian Department of Agriculture and Food, Albany) ; Hyder, M. W. (Western Australian Department of Agriculture and Food, Albany) ; Western Australia. Dept. of Agriculture and Food. ; McFarland, I. J. (Western Australian Department of Agriculture and Food, Narrogin) ; Primary Industries and Resources SA. ; Ashton, Brian L. (Primary Industries and Resources South Australia) ; Curnow, C. A. (Western Australian Department of Agriculture and Food, Albany)

Publisher:

[South Perth, W.A.] : Dept. of Agriculture and Food,

Series:

Bulletin, ; Bulletin (Western Australia. Dept. of Agriculture and Food) ;, 4697.

Description:

80 p. : col. ports. ; 30 cm.

Subject:

Stress. ; Western Australia. ; Agistment. ; Animal health. ; Drought. ; South Australia. ; Nutritive value. ; Sheep feeding. ; Water requirements. ; Animal welfare. ; Feeds. ; Dry conditions. ; Sheep diseases. ; Supplementary feeding. ; Australia.

Notes:

"December 2006" 23 tables, 4 figs. "Prepared by the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia and Primary Industries and Resources South Australia (PIRSA)" "This Bulletin is an updated edition of Bulletin 4651 (November 2005) and PIRSA Bulletin 2/94. 'Feeding sheep - includes lot feeding and drought feeding'."
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[Variant title:Feeding sheep : includes lot feeding and drought management.]

ISBN/ISSN:

1833-7236.

Type:	Journal
Abstract:	Feeding sheep is a significant cost to any sheep or mixed farm enterprise in southern Australia. The cost is usually managed by annually sourcing feed on-farm. However, feed source can become scarce when we experience unusual dry spells within seasons (termed a 'ry season', such as a dry winter or spring), a late break to the season, a drought year or successive drought years. This publication aims to provide farmers with practical guidelines and examples for feeding and managing sheep during these dry se
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