About the author

Frank Glorie studied veterinary medicine and worked as veterinarian in large and small animal practice for almost 30 years . The last 10 years he focussed on the sheep business. He worked  as an consultant and veterinarian for sheepfarmers only, in the Netherlands and abroad,  under the name of Schapendokter.nl.

In this timeframe he wrote many articles for the Dutch sheepfarmers magazine ‘ Het Schaap’ and presented lectures and workshops to educate sheep farmers. He also wrote the book Sheepsignals , a compilation of practical tips out of the field, collected in 10 years working as sheep veterinarian and sheepbreeder. The book is now available in 4 languages (Dutch, Swedish, English and Ests).

After selling his veterinary sheep practice he bought an 80 hectare farm (www.nolaine.eu) near the Pyrenees, together with his partner Monique. There they breed  Easy Care sheep, cachemire goats and working dogs. Their farm is  building up  to be  a diversified, regenerative agricultural enterprise. Sheep are still the core business in a natural, low cost environment.

He also works as a consultant  abroad (Germany, Azerbidjan,Russia, Georgia)  at  large sheep related projects. He is still up and available to new  projects and ideas to expand his knowledge and experience in the sheep world.

Further information on the book

CONTENTS:
Introduction

• Look - Think - Act
• Daily inspection and Unclassified Notable Observations
• Clever ways to record sheep signals
• Systematic observation
• Signals from dung
• Monitoring foot health
• Condition scoring
• Healthy sheep
• Sick sheep
• The Sheep Signals Diamond
• The skeleton

SECTION ONE: Sheep: basic facts

• Flock behaviour
• herding sheep
• Food and digestion
• Specific check points
• See - smell - hear - taste - feel
• Risk groups and risk phases
• Risk locations

SECTION TWO: Autumn

• Tupping period and lambing
• Breeding objective and ewe selection
• Eliminating genetic defects
• Ewe selection: udders and legs
• Ewe selection: age and teeth
• Ram selection
• Ewes ready for the tupping season
• Mating
• Oestrous synchronisation
• Covering
• Multiple tupping rams
• Aggressive rams
• After tupping
• The field
• Liver fluke
• Itching and wool loss

SECTION THREE: Winter

• Feed requirements during gestation
• Grazing in the winter
• Doing the rounds
• Minerals
• Fences
• Risks during gestation
• In the lambing shed in winter
• Straw and hay
• Checking when you bring them in
• Feed requirements in the lambing shed

SECTION FOUR: Lambing

• Birth signals
• The birth
• Lambing problems
• Lamb presentations and assistance
• Immediate colostrum
• Care immediately after lambing
• After lambing
• Colostrum
• Checking colostrum intake
• A few days lambing
• Udder problems
• Ewes with too many lambs
• Lambing outdoors
• Abortions

SECTION FIVE: Spring

• Feed
• Feeding
• Cade lamb
• Feet trimming
• Foot rot
• Turning out
• In the field
• Health
• Weaning and feed requirements

SECTION SIX: Summer

• Weaned lambs in the field
• Grazing systems
• Rotational grazing and joint grazing
• Worms
• Pasture
• Dangers in the field
• Water in the field
• Mowing and hay-making
• Silage
• Non-thrivers
• Myiasis
• Shearing

Appendix: Breed chart
Index

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