The Veterinary Book for Sheep Farmers
Henderson, David C.
ISBN 10: 1903366305 ISBN 13: 9781903366301
Verlag: Old Pond Publishing Ltd, 1901
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Beschreibung
Beschreibung:
Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers CHL1670181
Inhaltsangabe:
A wide-ranging manual on sheep diseases which offers to increase productivity and profitability by improving the standard of husbandry and upgrading the health status of the flock. The book stresses the understanding of the causes and development of disease so that a full prevention programme can be planned. A major section describes the latest techniques for fertility control. Quick reference pages offer action checklists at key points in the shepherd's year. Appendices cover such basic but essential techniques as dipping procedures. David Henderson has experience of the practical side of raising sheep He qualified as a veterinary surgeon and has worked in a general veterinary practice. He has been an agricultural college lecturer and has worked in pharmaceutical research and development. This manual is for sheep farmers but has also been prepared with the needs of agricultural and veterinary students in mind.
Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:
David C Henderson began his working life as a hill shepherd in Cumberland and, after attending Kirkley Hall Farm Institute in Northumberland, as a farm foreman in Lincolnshire. After qualifying from the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies in Edinburgh, he worked in farm animal veterinary practices, mainly in the West Country. He was senior lecturer in animal health at Seale-Hayne Agricultural College in Devon and later a field research and development officer for a major pharmaceutical company. From 1984 until his retirement in 1999 he was Head of the Department of Clinical Studies and Director of Farms at the Moredun Research Institute in Edinburgh.
David has been both President and Honorary Treasurer of the Sheep Veterinary Society, a visiting lecturer at the veterinary schools in Glasgow and Edinburgh, an external examiner at London and Glasgow veterinary schools, a chief examiner for the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and consultant to a large beef and sheep enterprise in the eastern United States of America. He holds a BSAS/RSPCA award for Innovative Developments in Animal Welfare (2000), is an Associate of the Royal Agricultural Societies and is currently a member of the Farm Animal Welfare Council.
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Bibliografische Details
Titel: The Veterinary Book for Sheep Farmers
Verlag: Old Pond Publishing Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum: 1901
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Used; Very Good