This text provides a review of knowledge on all aspects of the nutrition of sheep. Although the main emphasis is on sheep grazing temperate pastures, there is also coverage of the nutrition of intesively reared lambs and of grazing in extensive rangelands. The book should be suitable for advanced undergraduate students, as well as postgraduates and research workers. pp. x, 385. Illustrated and maps, graphs. Some annotations to text. #010316

1. Nutritive Value of Herbage, S. W. Coleman and D. A. Henry 2. Constraints on Feed Intake by Grazing Sheep, R. H. Weston 3. Food Choice, J. M. Forbes and R. W. Mayes 4. Microbial Ecology of the Ovine Rumen, R. I. Mackie, C. S. McSweeney, and A. V. Klieve 5. Digestion and Metabolism, E. F. Annison, D. B. Lindsay, and J. V. Nolan 6. Principles of Supplementary Feeding in Sheep-grazing Systems, H. Dove 7. Nutrition for Maintenance, J. L. Corbett and A. J. Ball 8. Nutrition and Wool Growth, P. I. Hynd and D. G. Masters 9. Nutrition for Conception and Pregnancy, J. J. Robinson, J. A. Rooke, and T. G. McEvo 10. Nutrition during Lactation, T. T. Treacher and G. Caja 11. Nutrition for Sheep-meat Production, V. H. Oddy and R. D. Sainz 12. Nutrition of Sheep under Rangeland Conditions, P. J. O’Reagain and N. P. McMeniman 13. Trace-element and Vitamin Nutrition of Grazing Sheep, J. Lee, S. O. Knowles, and G. J. Judson 14. Interactions between Gastrointestinal Parasites and Nutrients, R. L. Coop and A. R. Sykes 15. Deleterious Substances in Grazed Pastures, G. C. Waghorn, N. R. Adams, and D. R. Woodfield 16. The Nutritional Management of Grazing Sheep, M. Freer Index.