Great Lakes Dairy Sheep Symposium - the Department of Animal ...
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Table <strong>of</strong> Contents<br />
Program <strong>of</strong> Events ………………………………………………………………………........... v<br />
Speakers………………………………………………………………………………………… vii<br />
Sponsors ……………………………………………………………………………………….. ix<br />
“YOU WANT TO MILK WHAT?” IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS TO PONDER<br />
BEFORE STARTING A SHEEP DAIRY<br />
Michael Ghia …………………………………………………………………………………... 1<br />
EVOLUTION OF THE MILK PRODUCTION AT THE SPOONER AGRICULTURAL<br />
RESEARCH STATION BETWEEN 1996 AND 2004<br />
Yves M. Berger ………………………………………………………………………………… 6<br />
STARTING A NEW MILK PROCESSING FACILITY: CONSIDERATIONS AND COSTS<br />
Peter Dixon …………………………………………………………………………………….. 14<br />
LAMB REARING STRATEGIES: FARMER PANEL EXPERIENCED FARMERS<br />
DISCUSS PROS AND CONS OF DIFFERENT WEANING SYSTEMS<br />
Beth Slotter …………………………………………………………………………………….. 23<br />
BONNIEVIEW FARM’S LAMB REARING STRATEGIES<br />
Neil Urie ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 25<br />
REARING LAMBS AT 3-CORNER FIELD FARM<br />
Karen Weinberg……………………………………………………………………………….. 27<br />
PROFITABILITY OF SMALL RUMINANT FARMSTEAD DAIRY PROCESSING<br />
OPERATIONS<br />
Robert Parsons, Mark Stephenson, and Chuck Nicholson ………………………….................. 29<br />
NON-NUTRITIONAL STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE LACTATION PERSISTENCY IN<br />
DAIRY EWES<br />
Giuseppe Pulina, Anna Nudda, Nicolò Pietro Paolo Macciotta, Gianni Battacone, Stefania<br />
Fancellu, and Cristiana Patta ........................................................................................................ 38<br />
MILK FAT SYNTHESIS AND ITS REGULATION IN DAIRY SHEEP<br />
Adam L. Lock, Liam A. Sinclair, and Dale E. Bauman ……………………………………….. 69<br />
MANAGING YOUR OWN RETAIL SHOP: MARKETING AND SELF-DISTRIBUTION<br />
OF FARMSTEAD CHEESE<br />
Alastair MacKenzie ……………………………………………………………………………. 83<br />
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