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Subject: Lambing FAQ
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Summary: Frequently Asked Questions (and answers) on lambing, and the care
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It was last modified with additional or updated information and links
on Tue Oct 30 09:01:43 2001 EST.  This is the only maintained version of
the FAQ.  Older versions in archives, newsgroups, or on other WWW sites
are likely to be out-of-date and incomplete.  The Lambing FAQ and
the table of contents listed below are � 1994-2001 Ronald Florence.

                           Lambing FAQ
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   Contents

   1.  Before Lambing
   2.  When to lamb
   3.  Gestation Problems
   4.  Equipment & Supplies
   5.  Signs of Readiness
   6.  Normal Procedures
   7.  Twins & Triplets
   8.  Rejected Lambs
   9.  Chilled Lambs
  10.  Nursing Problems
  11.  Problem Births
  12.  Timing Births
  13.  Culling Ewes
  14.  Drying Off Ewes
  15.  Prolapses
  16.  Medications
  17.  Lambing Pens
  18.  Orphans
  19.  Lactating Ewes
  20.  Human Health Concerns
  21.  Pasture Lambing
  22.  Are Sheep Wild Animals
  23.  Credits
  24.  Copyright & Permissions
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