Progress in Sheep and Goat Research

Artificial insemination and embryo transfer; nutrition - its effects on reproductive performance and its hormonal control in female sheep and goats; photoperiodic and nutritional influences on maternal and fetal endocrine mechanisms regulating fetal development during the second half of gestation; nutrition of the ewe during gestation and lactation; lentivirus diseases of sheep and goats - maedi-visna and caprine arthritis - encephalitis; scraple in sheep and goats; foraging strategy - from monoculture to mosaic; parasites, immunity and anthelmintic resistance; selection for lean meat production in sheep; growth hormone manipulation and growth promotants in sheep; fibre production from sheep and goats; the production of transgenic sheep for improved wool production.