 | Better Farming Series 09 - Animal Husbandry: Animal Diseases; How Animals Reproduce (FAO - INADES, 1976, 33 p.) |
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| | Preface |
| | Plan of work |
|  | Animal health |
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| | Injuries |
| | Parasites |
| | Diseases |
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| | Vaccination |
| | Looking after ill animals |
| | Reproduction |
| | How animals reproduce |
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| | The reproductive systems |
| | The female |
| | The male |
| | Pregnancy and birth |
| | Choosing breeding animals |
| | Why choose? |
| | How to choose |
| | Castration |
| | How to know your herd |
| | Selling animals |
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| | Animals are sold for their meat. |
| | Animals are sold for breeding. |
| | Young animals are sold for fattening. |
| | The yield of a herd |
| | Farmers' groups |
| | Suggested question paper |
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A man is sometimes ill.
Animals too can fall ill.
When an animal is
ill, it becomes thin, and may even die.
Then the farmer loses a lot of money.
HOW TO KNOW WHEN AN ANIMAL IS ILL
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Signs of good health |
Signs of illness |
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(food appetite |
No appetite |
Very restless or too quiet
Sensitive back, cold ears, fever
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Bright eyes |
Dull eyes |
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Shiny coat |
Dry, brittle coat |
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Growing well |
Losing weight |
An animal may be injured, may have parasites, may have a disease.
