LWMP 1305 Basic Sheep Care Skills

Description

Basic Sheep Care Skills will provide students with the skills necessary to carry out the various care practices in mature sheep. Including vaccination methods, foot trimming, handling difficult births, injection sites, fixing prolapses and other management skills.

Management Credits

1

Topics to be Covered

1. Methods to treat for internal and external parasites

2. Care of ewes at lambing

3. Foot trimming methods

4. Methods to repair prolapses

5. Proper injection sites

Learning Outcomes

1. Describe methods to treat for internal and external parasites.

2. Explain proper care of ewes at lambing.

3. Describe methods for handling difficult births.

4. Demonstrate proper foot trimming methods.

5. Describe methods to repair vaginal and uterine prolapses.

6. Describe methods to fix rectal prolapses.

7. Identify proper injection sites for vaccines and antibiotics.