New Techniques in Sheep Production

I Review of Current Sheep Production Systems and the Scope for Improvement


1 Wool


2 Meat


3 Milk

II Methods of Increasing Fecundity


4 Genetic Variation in Ovulation Rate in Sheep


5 Increasing Prolificacy of Ewes by Means of Gonadotrophin Therapy and Treatment with Fecundin


6 Frequent Lambing Systems


7 Advancement of Puberty in Male and Female Sheep

III Reproduction Methods


8 Embryo Transfer


9 Artificial Insemination

IV Genetic Improvement Techniques


10 Genetic Engineering, Chromosome Analysis and Sex Determination


11 Indirect Selection


12 Carcass Evaluation in Sheep Breeding Programs

V Breed Development


13 Formation of New Breeds


14 Group Breeding Schemes and Simplified Recording in Sheep Improvement


15 Improving Fecundity in Subtropical Fat-Tailed Sheep

VI Feeding systems


16 Nutrition of Housed Sheep


17 Early Weaning and Fattening of Lambs


18 Improving Feed Resources: A Key Step Towards Expanding Ruminant Production in Semiarid North Africa and West Asia

VII Management and Health Control


19 Pregnancy Diagnosis and Fetal Number Determination


20 Synchronized Breeding and Lambing


21 Increasing Productivity by Manipulating Mating Behavior


22 New Developments in Health Control

VIII Evaluation of New Techniques


23 Economic Response to Increasing Genetic Potential for Reproductive Performance


24 Systems Development of New Techniques

Index