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Several recent cases of stillborn and aborted sheep fetuses have been linked to Cache Valley Virus. Mosquito-borne viruses are difficult to avoid, but one option is to alter the breeding schedule so that sheep are not in the early pregnancy period during the high-risk mosquito season.

Cache Valley Virus can be difficult to prevent in sheep flocks

By John Campbell, Dvm, Dvsc December 23, 2024

Glacier FarmMedia – In the past few weeks, Prairie Diagnostic Services in Saskatoon has had some confirmed cases of stillborn and aborted sheep fetuses diagnosed with Cache Valley Virus, a mosquito-borne disease. The virus is widely distributed in mosquito populations throughout North America and in parts of Central America. It was first identified in 1956

Randy Eros speaks with customers at the Manitoba Fibre Festival. photo: Meghan Mast

Livestock, Other livestock

Wool fibre production for dummies

How one manages the flock can make the difference between getting good fleece or getting ‘fleeced’

By Meghan Mast September 22, 2014

Randy Eros, a shepherd from just outside Winnipeg, jokingly blames his wife when explaining why they are in the sheep business. Eros and his wife began raising sheep more than 30 years ago — initially just for wool. “It’s my wife’s fault,” he told a workshop at the Manitoba Fibre Festival Sept. 6. “She’s a

Livestock, Other livestock

Mood Lighting

By Shannon VanRaes October 27, 2011

A two-year-long study taking place in Manitoba is examining whether artificial changes in daylight can result in out-of-season lamb production through off-season breeding. Out-of-season breeding by manipulating daylight is not new to the sheep industry, but it has never been tested in Manitoba s unique environment. Sheep only breed when the days are short, then

Livestock, Other livestock

Counting Sheep In Manitoba A Murky Business

By Shannon VanRaes September 8, 2011

It’s nothing to be sheepish about, Manitoba’s flock has been increasing over the last year. “It’s not as much as we’d like to see, but for sure our flocks are expanding,” said Lucien Lesage, chairman of the Manitoba Sheep Association. According to Statistics Canada, Manitoba’s sheep inventory increased by 7.7 per cent between July 2010

Livestock, Other livestock

Matching Lamb Production With Consumer Consumption

By Daniel Winters February 24, 2011

Most lambs are born on grass, then sold in fall. That means out-of- season breeding in indoor facilities, say in former PMU or dairy barns, could offer strong returns because prices traditionally peak early in the new year up until June because very few finished lambs are available during that period. Lucien Lesage, treasurer of

Livestock, Opinion, Other livestock

Sheep Industry Has Everything Going For It — So Why Is It Languishing?

By Will Verboven December 23, 2010

The recent conference of the Canadian Sheep Federation (CSF) in Calgary brought to light a market situation that other commodities can only dream about – high producer prices, high demand and a declining supply. Such an atmosphere certainly provided for an optimistic mood at the meeting, but there seemed to be some underlying angst to

Livestock, Other livestock

Do Some Research Before Buying A Breeding Ram – for Aug. 12, 2010

By Lorna Wall August 12, 2010

The best time to shop for a ram is about four months prior to when you want to introduce him to the ewes. The ram you purchase, be it a purebred or crossbred, registered or not, is going to be the basis of half your lamb crop. The ewes in your flock provide half the

Livestock, Other livestock

Do Some Research Before Buying A Breeding Ram – for Aug. 12, 2010

By Lorna Wall August 12, 2010

The ram you purchase, be it a purebred or crossbred, registered or not, is going to be the basis of half your lamb crop. The ewes in your flock provide half the genetic information for each lamb but the ram provides half the genetic information for your entire lamb crop. Each year as the weather

Opinion, Other livestock

Letters – for Dec. 3, 2009

December 3, 2009

Troubled times for cattle farmers Several years ago, at the height of the BSE crisis, two separate newspaper reporters labelled me “a troubled cattle producer.” They were right. I was troubled then and I am still troubled today. I am troubled about the Canadian cattle industry and its future. I am troubled by government policies

News, Other livestock

There Is A Lamb In My Kitchen

By Lorna Wall March 12, 2009

Ewes have calls that are as individual as mothers calling their children by name in the playground. It is not unusual for any shepherd with a large number of sheep to have a lamb in a box to be fed. We have many different ways of ensuring a lamb has a mother and is out

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Tag Archives Sheep husbandry

Cache Valley Virus can be difficult to prevent in sheep flocks

Wool fibre production for dummies

Mood Lighting

Counting Sheep In Manitoba A Murky Business

Matching Lamb Production With Consumer Consumption

Sheep Industry Has Everything Going For It — So Why Is It Languishing?

Do Some Research Before Buying A Breeding Ram – for Aug. 12, 2010

Do Some Research Before Buying A Breeding Ram – for Aug. 12, 2010

Letters – for Dec. 3, 2009

There Is A Lamb In My Kitchen

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