International Sheep and Wool Handbook
Preface, Acknowledgements, Reference abbreviations
Section A: Major World Sheep and Wool Industries
World Sheep Breeds and Production (D Cottle)
Australian Industry (D Cottle)
NZ Industry (A Bray, E Gonzalez-Macuer)
South American Industry (I Abella, RC Cardellino, RA Cardellino,
R Lira, J Mueller, D Benitez)
South African Industry (S Cloete, J Olivier)
Chinese Industry (J Longworth, C Brown, S Waldron)
European Industry (C Popescu)
Section B: Biological Principles
Breeding and Selection (J Greef, D Brown, B Kinghorn)
Reproduction (S de Graaf)
Pregnancy, Lactation and Survival (P Celi, R Bush)
Lactation and Lamb Growth (K Geenty)
Weaner Management (A Campbell)
Digestion and Metabolism (D Cottle)
Feeding (S Jolly)
Wool Growth and Production (G Rogers, A Schlink)
Meat Production (G Geesink, H Zerby)
Section C: Management
Sheep Management (K Bell)
Pasture Management (J Pratley, J Virgona)
Sustainable Livestock Production (N Reid, B Gardiner)
Flock Health (B Besier, R Woodgate, C Jacobsen, K Bell)
Farm Structures (P Hanrahan)
Section D: Production Systems
Extensive Grazing Systems (R Hacker)
Coarse Wool Production (R Sumner)
Intensive Systems (G Gaunt, A Kennedy)
Section E: Preparation, Processing and Marketing
Wool Preparation, Testing and Marketing (D Cottle)
Wool Processing (E Wood)
The Future of Wool as an Apparel Fibre (P Swan)
Sheep Skins (D Scobie)
Marketing of Sheep and Sheepmeats (B Mcleod, B O'Halloran, A White)
Meat Processing (D Hopkins)
Appendices
World Wool types
Enterprise Gross Margins
Historical World Wool and Meat Prices
Glossary
Index
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GENERAL
Australian Prime Lamb Industry 2001 - Connell/ Hopper. (2001) 104p P $50.00
The Australian Wool Industry - AWC. (92) 70p P $27.25
Old Sheep for New Pastures: The Story of British Sheep in the Hands of Tasmanian Colonial Shepherds - Heazlewood. (92) 256p P $36.25
Profile of Australian Wool Producers - Martin. (98) 80p P $36.00
Profile of Australian Wool Producers 1996-97 to 1999-2000 - Shafron/ Ashton/ Levantis. (2001) 100p P $50.00
Wool: The Australian Story - Woldendorp/ Mconald/ Burdon. (2003) 232p H $59.95
BREEDING AND MANAGEMENT
Australian Sheep and Wool Handbook - Cottle, ed. (91) 500p H $94.00
Behaviour of Sheep: Biological Principles and Implications for Production - Lynch/ Hinch/ Adams. (92-UK) 220p P $55.00
Breeding Stud Sheep - (2008) 144p P $39.95
Consequences of Cutting Costs in the Sheep Industry - Mackintosh, ed. (91) 48p P $19.00
Controlled Breeding in Sheep: A Tribute to T. J. Robinson - Findlay, ed.(88) 154p P $35.00
Controlled Reproduction in Sheep and Goats - Gordon. (97-USA) 480p H $224.25
Dairy Sheep: Commercial Scale Management and Breeding Procedures/Production of Sheepmilk Powder - Rogan/ Grant/ Grant. (2002) 38p P $12.00.
Drought and Dry Season Feeding Stategies for Cattle, Sheep and Goats - Leng.(2003) 280p P $60.50
Drought Feeding and Management of Sheep - Court, ed. (93) 42p P $20.00
Efficient Sheep Production from Grass - Pollott, ed. (87-UK) 212p P $85.60
Ewe Are What You Eat: Effects of Nutrition on Performance of Merino Weaners and Ewes and Their Progeny - Ford. (99) 40p P $31.35
Feeding Sheep: Includes Lot and Drought Feeding Management - Ashton/ Morbey.Rev. ed. (97) 72p P $25.00
Feeding the Ewe - Robinson et al. (83-UK) 78p P $19.95
Feedlotting Lambs: A Producer's Guide - Davis, ed. (2003) 54p P $29.95
Genetic Improvement of Cattle and Sheep - Simm. (98-UK) 433p P $104.05
Genetics of Reproduction in Sheep - Land/ Robinson. (85-UK) 427p H $265.00
Genetics of Sheep - Piper/ Ruvinsky, eds. (97-UK) 611p H $335.60
Getting More From Your Sheep: An Essential Text for Prime Lamb Producers and Wool Growers Farquharson. Rev. ed. (2000) 170p P $35.00
Goat and Sheep Production in the Tropics - Devendra/ McElroy. (83) 240p P $24.95
Healthy Sheep Naturally - Coleby. 2nd ed. (2000) 175p P $35.00
Introduction to Keeping Sheep - Upton/ Soden. 2nd ed. (96-UK) 128p P $39.95
Lamb Growth: Farmers' Handbook - Familton, ed. (83-NZ) 48p P $18.00
Lamb Growth: Technical Handbook - Familton, ed. (83-NZ) 211p P $29.95
Lamb Industry Insights - Meat Research Corporation. (98) 107p P $36.00
Lamb Problems: Detecting, Diagnosing and Treatment - Lawson. (91-USA) 250p P $66.65
Lamb Survival - Henderson. Video. (93-UK) 84mins $71.25
Management and Diseases of Sheep - British Council, ed. (80-UK) 469p H $110.75
Manual of Lambing Techniques - Winter/ Hill. (98-UK) 88p H $72.50
Manual of Sheep Diseases - Hindson/ Winter. 2nd ed. (2002) 240p H $123.20
Manual of Sheep Production in the Humid Tropics of Africa - Charray/ Humbert/ Levif. (92-UK) 187p P $48.60
Maximum Meat: The Complete Guide to Producing Quality Sheep Meat - Agriculture WA. (98) 200p H $33.00
Merino Improvement Programs in Australia - McGuirk, ed. (87) 533p H $50.00
Merinos, Money and Management - Morley, ed. (94) 422p P $81.00
Model Code of Practice for the Welfare of Animals: The Sheep - Australian Agricultural Council. (91) 717p P $16.50
Modern Shepherd - Brown/ Meadowcroft (89-UK) 228p H $63.25
New Concepts of Sheep Growth - Butterfield. (89) 168p H $45.00
New Techniques in Sheep Production - Marai/ Owen. (87-UK) 292p H $297.00
Nutrient Requirements of Sheep - Pope, ed. 6th rev. ed. (85-USA) 97p P $49.95
Planned Sheep Production - Croston/ Pollott. 2nd ed. (93-UK) 211p P $69.95
Practical Lambing and Lamb Care - Eales/ Small/ Macaldowie. 3rd ed. (2004-UK) 247p P $82.95
Preparing Sheep for Show - Randall. (96-UK) 65mins VHS $55.45
Producing and Marketing Lambs to Specifications in NSW - (97) 52p P $16.50
Profitable Sheep Farming - Cooper/ Thomas. 5th rev. ed. (91-UK) 192p H $55.45
Progress in Sheep and Goat Research - Speedy, ed. (92-UK) 280p H $91.70
Prolific Sheep - Fahmy, ed. (96- UK) 542p H $269.30
Prolific Tropical Sheep - Mason. (80-Italy) 124p P $12.70
Reproduction, Growth and Nutrition in the Sheep: Dyrmundsson/ Thorgeirsson, eds. (89-Ice) 213p H $114.70
Reproduction in Sheep - Lindsay/ Pearce, eds. (85) 403p H $220.00
Reproductive and Developmental Behaviour of Sheep - Fraser, ed. (84-Neth) 439p H $127.30
Running a Small Sheep Flock - Hinton. 2nd ed. (2006) 180p P $49.95
Sheep: A Guide for Management - Hart. (85-UK) 121p H $27.25
The Sheep: Health, Disease and Production - West/ Bruere/ Ridler. 2nd ed. (2002-NZ) 445p P $144.00
The Sheep: Model Code of Practice - PIMC. 2nd ed. (2006) 23p P $25.00
Sheep Ailments: Recognition and Treatment - Straiton. 7th ed. (2002-UK) 192p H $70.00
Sheep and Man - Ryder. 2007 Reprint. (83) 363p H $235.00
The Sheep as an Experimental Animal - Hecker. (83-UK) 216p H $190.95
Sheep and Goat Science - Ensminger/ Parker. 5th ed. (86-USA) 656p H $175.80
Sheep Classing for Gain and Profit - Gown/ McLachlan. 2nd ed. (94) 52p P $21.95
Sheep Farming for Meat and Wool - Court and Webbware (2009) 200p P $49.95
Sheep Housing and Equipment Handbook - Geiser, ed. 3rd ed. (82-USA) 116p P $27.50
Sheep Husbandry: Report of the Senate Select Committee on Animal Welfare - Devlin. (89) 160p P $14.95
Sheep Husbandry and Diseases - Fraser/ Stamp. Rev by Cunningham/ Stamp.(87-UK) 344p P $84.70
Sheep Management and Wool Production - Crean/ Bastian. (97) 121p P $46.00
Sheep Management and Wool Technology - D'arcy. 3rd ed. (90) 352p P $49.95
Sheep Nutrition - Freer/ Dove. (2002-UK) 400p H $185.00
Sheep Production - Haresign, ed. (83-UK) 576p H $423.00
Sheep Production - Owen. (76-UK) 436p H $68.35
Sheep Production: Vol. 1 - Breeding and Reproduction - Wickham/McDonald.(82-NZ) 267p H $54.95
Sheep Production: Vol. 2 - Feeding, Growth and Health - McCutcheon/ McDonald/ Wickham. (86-NZ) 260p H $75.95
Sheep and Wool - Millett. (81) 112p H $19.95
Sheepyard and Shearing Shed Design - Conroy/Hanrahan. (95) 74p P $32.95
The Australian Merino (second edition) - Massey (2007) 1217p P $175
The Showman Shepherd - Turner. (90-UK) 101p H $57.75
Storey's Guide to Raising Sheep - Simmons/ Eakarius. (2001-USA) 389p P $34.95
Suplementary Feeding for Sheep and Beef Cattle - Hinton. (94) 79p P $21.95
Wool: Workboot Series - Kondinin. (97) 80p P $20.85
BREEDS
British Sheep - National Sheep Association. 9th ed. (98-UK) 241p P $39.95
Handbook of Australian Livestock - AMLC. (2000) 112p P $45.00
Moorit Sheep in Australia - Lewis/Bennett, eds. 2nd ed. (89) 50p P $10.00
New Zealand Sheep and Their Wool - Dinnis & Associates. 5th ed. (94-NZ) 64p P $44.95
Polwarth Sheep 1880-1980: A Resume of the First One Hundred Years - Dennis. (82) 131p H $16.00
Sheep Breeds of the Mediterranean - Mason. (67-UK) 217p H $35.00
Sheep of the Hills - Henson. (96-UK) 55mins VHS $60.50
Sheep of the Vales - Henson. (96-UK) 60mins VHS $60.50
The Corriedale: History, Lamb Rearing, Craft and Cooking - Jenkin. (82) 71p P $12.00
The Merryville Type: How Excellence Bred Brilliance - Moeller. (2003) 278p H $60.00 / P $29.95
The Southdown Sheep - Porter. (91-UK) 177p H $39.95
What Sheep is That: New Zealand's Most Popular Sheep Breeds - Warman.(90-NZ) 64p P $27.95
DISEASES
Anthelmintic Resistance - Standing Committee on Agriculture. (89) 26p P $16.50
An Atlas of X-Ray Tomagraphical Anatomy of the Sheep - Davies/ Garden/ Young/ Reid. (87-NZ) 118p P $82.50
Border Disease of Sheep: A Virus Induced Teratogenic Disorder - Barlow/ Patterson. (82-Ger) 96p P $42.90
Blowflies and Lice Information Manual: A Practical Approach to Producing Low Residue Wool - Armstrong/ Knights/ McLeish. (2001) 160p P $55.00
Diagnosis of Diseases of Sheep - Plant. (92) 216p P $55.00
Diseases of Sheep - Martin/ Aitken, eds. (91-UK) 418p H $280.50
Ectoparasites of Sheep in New Zealand and Their Control - Charleston, ed. (85-NZ) 79p P $60.00
Footrot in Ruminants - Stewart/ Peterson/ McKern/ Emery. (86) 283p H $60.00
Immunogenetics Approaches to the Control of EndoParasites with Particular Reference to Sheep - Dineen/Outteridge, eds. (84) 169p P $16.50
Immunological Control of Browfly Strike - Sandman/Arundel/Scheurmann, eds. (91) 176p P $16.50
Manual of Sheep Diseases - Hindson/ Winter. 2nd ed. (2002-UK) 282p P $135.30
Outline Clinical Diagnosis in Sheep - Hindson (90-UK) 200p P $116.50
Sheep: Production and Preventive Medicine - SUPC. (83) 567p P $68.00
Sheep: Vade Mecum - Farquharson. (92) 90p P $47.95
Sheep Ailments - Straiton. 6th ed. (92-UK) 192p H $63.55
Sheep Consultancy Practice Symposium - Bell/ Dunlop, eds. (88) 323p P $64.00
Sheep Health and Production - Bryden, ed. (88) 606p P $73.00
Sheep Keeper's Veterinary Medicine - Winter/ Charnley. (99-UK) 207p H $75.00
Sheep Medicine - Scott. (2007-UK) 336p H $226.50
Veterinary Book for Sheep Farmers - Henderson. (90-UK) 689p H $106.10
Wormbuster: A Management Program for Worms in Sheep - Lyndal-Murphy/ McLeish. (97) 60p P $19.25
Wormplan: Managing Drench Resistance in Your Flock - Larsen. (91) 31p P $16.50
MARKETING, PROMOTION & SALES
Benchmarking the Wool Enterprise: A Standard Approach Endorsed by the Industry - Patterson. (99) 51p P $55.00
China's Wool Textile Industry: Strategies for Growth - Morris et al (93) 49p P $20.00
Developing Markets for Speciality Carpet Wool Skins - Backhouse. (88) 24p P $5.00
Econometric Model of the Australian Wool Market by Grade with Application to Policy Analysis - Connolly. (90) 373p P $35.00
Effects of Demographic Developments on the Demand for Wool - Centre for International Economics. (92) 64p P $47.50
Macroeconomic Policy and Woolgrowers - Pearce/ Vincent/ McKibbin. (93) 65p P $39.95
Markets, Money and Empire: Political Economy of the Australian Wool Industry - (90) 224p P $39.95
Maximising The Return: Adding Value To Australian Wool - Wool Processing Task Force: (93) 83p P $24.95
Sheep Business: Prime Lamb Production and Marketing Guide for New South Wales - Walsh, ed. (2001) 66p P $28.00
Technical Feasibility of Sale of Wool by Description - Lunney. (88) 219p H $28.00
U-Turn for Wool: A Radical Solution to the Problems of the Wool Industry - Moylan. (92) 160p P $19.95
Wool Testing Handbook - AWTA. (90) 90p P $25.00
Wool into the 21st Century: Implications for Marketing and Profitability - Stoekel/ Borrell/ Quirke. (90) 108p P $60.00
Wool into the 21st Century: Structuring the Industry for Success and Implications for the Stockpile -Centre for Economics. (91) 32p P $43.00
Wool Pages: A Directory of the Australian Wool Industry 2000-01 - Australian Wool Showcase. (97) 76p P $4.00
Working the Wool Market: The Grower's Guide - Eyres/ Morison, eds. (97) 200p H $100.00
WOOL SCIENCE
Australia's Carpet Wools - Calver/ Franklin/ Backhouse/ Jackson/ Robinson.(88) 45p P $37.00
Australian Woolclassing - Fowler. 4th ed. (96) 160p P $28.95
Biology of Wool and Hair - Rogers/ Reis/ Ward/ Marshall, eds. (89-UK) 506p H $194.95
Code of Practice for the Preparation of Australian Wool Clips - Raw Wool Services. (93) 64p P $9.95
How to Market Your Wool Clip Professionally Holmes/ Sackett. (98) 60p P $55.00
How to Take the Guesswork Out of Wool Marketing - Holmes/ Sackett. (98) 72p P $55.00
Lincoln University Wool Manual - Ross. (90-NZ) 238p H $67.50
Modern Shearing Shed Design - Communications Unit. (95) 19mins VHS $27.50
Shear Sense: Kondinin National Survey on Wool Harvesting - Hamilton, ed. (90) 272p P $65.00
Sheep-Shearing Experting - Ryan. 3rd rev. ed. (80) 197p P $24.95
The Shrinkproofing of Wool - Makinson. (79-USA) 400p H $174.25
Structural Studies of Sheep, Cattle and Goat Skins - Maddocks/Jackson. (88) 76p P $55.00
Textiles for Modern Living - Gohl/ Vilensky. 4th ed. (88) 364p P $54.00
Vegetable Matter in Australian Wool - AWTA. (86) 50p P $12.95
Wool: Natures's Wonder Fibre - Leeder. (84) 78p P $22.50
Wool Harvesting and Research Development - Hudson, ed. (80) 561p H $70.00
Wool Handbook - Teasdale. (96) 121p P $55.00
Wool Production Guide - Elders. (93) 128p P $59.95
Wool Scouring and Allied Technology - Stewart. 3rd ed. (88-NZ) 238p H $58.90