Welfare of Sheep and Goats
Link ID 233108
Title Welfare of Sheep and Goats
Url http://ars.sdstate.edu/animaliss/shepgoat.html
Description A number of the procedures necessary to sheep and goat production are stressful, but benefit the animals overall. Alternative methods of restraint, castration, tail-docking, and fostering are available and should be compared to determine relative stressfulness.
Category Agriculture and Forestry > Livestock > Sheep > Management
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Date Jul 19, 2006
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