Organic Production of Sheep and Goats
- Resources
- Soils and Fertility
- Horticulture
- Field Crops
- Crop Rotation
- Pest Management
- Season Extension
- Seed Production and Plant Breeding
- Livestock
- Ecology and Environment
- Nutrition, Safety and Health of Organic Foods
- Post-harvest Handling, Storage and Processing
- Social Science
- Marketing and Economics
- Transition to Organic
- Canadian Organic Research Priorities
Scientific Results
General
- An assessment of the economic performance of organic dairy sheep farming in Greece
- Livestock Science (2011) 141: 136-142
- Organic goat production, processing and marketing: Opportunities, challenges and outlook
- Small Ruminant Research (2010) 89: 102-109
- Technical efficiency and viability of organic dairy sheep farming systems in a traditional area for sheep production in Spain
- Small Ruminant Research (2011) 100: 89-95
Breed selection and breeding
- Is intensification of reproduction rhythm sustainable in an organic sheep production system? A 4-year interdisciplinary study
- animal (2009) 3: 753-763
- Meat quality characteristics of lambs of three organically raised breeds
- Meat Science (2012) 91: 499-505
Disease and parasite management
- Effects of maternal protein nutrition and subsequent grazing on chicory on parasitism and performance of lambs
- Journal of Animal Science (2010) 88: 1513-1521
- Ethnoveterinary medicines used for ruminants in British Columbia, Canada
- Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2007) 3:11
- Immune-mediated pathology of nematode infection in sheep – is immunity beneficial to the animal?
- Parasitology (2011) 138: 547-556
- Influence of periparturient nutritional demand on resistance to parasites in livestock
- Parasite Immunology (2008) 30: 113-121
- The peri-parturient rise in sheep. Faecal worm egg counts in normal and late lambing ewes
- The Veterinary Quarterly (1987) 9: 97-102
- Prevalence and distribution of gastrointestinal nematodes on 32 organic and conventional commercial sheep farms in Ontario and Quebec
- Veterinary Parasitology (2010) 170: 244-252
- Reference intervals for organically raised sheep: Effects of breed, location and season on hematological and biochemical parameters
- Small Ruminant Research (2013) 112: 1-6
- Review: Genetics of helminth resistance in sheep
- Canadian Journal of Animal Science (2014) 94: 1-9
- Sainfoin – New data on anthelmintic effects and production in sheep and goats
- Organic Eprints. 2012
- Selection of tannins by sheep in response to gastrointestinal nematode infection
- Journal of Animal Science (2010) 88: 2189-2198
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of factors associated with anthelmintic resistance in sheep
- Preventative Veterinary Medicine (2014) 117: 388-402
- Tanniferous forage plants: Agronomic performance, palatability and efficacy against parasitic nematodes in sheep
- Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (2007) 23: 19-29
- The trade-off between farmers' autonomy and the control of parasitic gastro-intestinal nematodes of sheep in conventional and organic farms
- Livestock Science (2015) 181: 108-113
Feed
- Effect of legume grains as a source of dietary protein on the quality of organic lamb meat
- Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (2012) 92: 2870-2875
- Influence of dietary supplementation of Rosmarinus officinalis L. on performances of dairy ewes organically managed
- Small Ruminant Research (2012) 104: 122-128
- Nutritionally related strategies for organic goat production
- Small Ruminant Research (2011) 98: 73-82
Grazing and pasture management
- Crop yields and soil organic matter responses to sheep grazing in US northern Great Plains
- Soil and Tillage Research (2013) 134: 133-141
- Impact of integrated sheep grazing for cover crop termination on weed and ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) communities
- Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (2016) 218: 141-149
- Integrating Sheep Grazing into Cereal-Based Crop Rotations: Spring Wheat Yields and Weed Communities
- Agronomy Journal (2015) 107: 104-112
- Soil fauna in sheep-grazed hill pastures under organic and conventional livestock management and in an adjacent ungrazed pasture
- Pedobiologia (2011) 54: 161-168
Meat quality
- Comparison of the meat and carcass quality of lambs raised in organic or conventional production systems
- Carrefours de l'Innovation Agronomique (2009) 4: 289-296
- Comparison of meat and carcass quality in organically reared and conventionally reared pasture-fed lambs
- animal (2011) 5: 2001-2009
- Comparison of the Sensory Characteristics of Suckling Lamb Meat: Organic vs Conventional Production
- Czech Journal of Food Science (2009) 27: 267-270
- Effect of legume grains as a source of dietary protein on the quality of organic lamb meat
- Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (2012) 92: 2870-2875
- Meat quality characteristics of lambs of three organically raised breeds
- Meat Science (2012) 91: 499-505
Welfare
- Development and testing of an on-farm welfare assessment protocol for dairy goats
- Animal Welfare (2013) 22: 385-400
- A first description of the physiological and behavioural responses to disbudding in goat kids
- Animal Welfare (2010) 19: 55-59
- Human-animal relationships in the Norwegian dairy goat industry: attitudes and empathy towards goats (Part I)
- Animal Welfare (2012) 21: 535-545
- Human-animal relationships in the Norwegian dairy goat industry: assessment of pain and provision of veterinary treatment (Part II)
- Animal Welfare (2012) 21: 547-558
- The long and short of it: A review of tail docking in farm animals
- Applied Animal Behaviour Science (2011) 135: 179-191
Practical Results
General resources
- Grazed Green Manures
- Natural Systems Agriculture. 2010
- Grazed Green Manures: Phase 2 - The Next Crop
- Natural Systems Agriculture. 2011
- Sheep: Sustainable and Organic Production
- ATTRA. 2010
- Using Sheep to Terminate Cover Crops in Organic Farming: Video
- eOrganic. 2015
Grazing
Health and welfare
- Coccidiosis: Symptoms, Prevention, and Treatment in Sheep, Goats, and Calves
- ATTRA. 2014
- Epidemiology of Gastrointestinal Nematodes on Organic Sheep Farms in Canada [PDF - 102 kB]
- OACC. 2007
- OACC. 2007
- Guidance for Organic Sheep and Goats: Animal Welfare on Organic Farms [PDF - 156 kB]
- Animal Welfare Task Force. 2009
- Animal Welfare Task Force. 2009
- Handbook for the Control of Internal Parasites of Sheep [PDF - 5.5 MB]
- Heat Stress in Ruminants [PDF - 321 kB]
- Animal Welfare Task Force. 2009
- Index of Sheep Diseases
- Organic-Vet
- Management of Pest Flies on Organic Farms [PDF - 232 kB]
- Animal Welfare Task Force. 2009
- Managing Internal Parasites: Success Stories
- ATTRA. 2015
- Pain management in livestock husbandry: Disbudding and dehorning [PDF - 178 kB]
- Animal Welfare Task Force. 2009
- Animal Welfare Task Force. 2009
- Pain Management in Livestock Husbandry: 2. Castration, Branding & Tail Docking [PDF - 141 kB]
- Animal Welfare Task Force. 2009
- Parasite control for organic ruminants (Video)
- CORE Organic/PrOPara. 2016
- Parasite Control on Organic Sheep Farms in Ontario [PDF - 2.6 MB]
- University of Guelph. 2012
- Research shows organic fermented grape extract works as natural dewormer in lambs
- Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Service. 2015
- Sainfoin, a natural anthelmintic for small ruminants? [PDF - 238 kB]
- LowInputBreeds. 2014
- LowInputBreeds. 2014
- Sheep raising: reducing worm infestations with forage clover and the right breed [PDF - 893 kB]
- FiBL. 2010
- Tips for Preventing Internal Parasites
- ATTRA. 2015