Lambing can be a challenging prospect whether it's your first or thirty-first season. This authoritative and highly practical manual will take you through the period approaching, during and immediately after lambing.

Advice is given on how to deal with a range of situations:

- Normal and rare presentations
- The sick in-lamb ewe
- Abortion
- Pre- and postlambing prolapses
- The health of the newborn lamb
- Problems and emergencies in the first few days

This book begins with an invaluable section on basic lambing equipment, including how to make your own ropes, snares and hoist. Easy-to-follow instructions are accompanied by over 90 specially commissioned illustrations.

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