Alberta Lamb Producers provides a wide variety of information resources for producers, ranging from management and production advice to information on marketing.
You can download the fact sheets below or call the office for a copy. These fact sheets are in the process of being updated. When using the contact information within the fact sheets, please note ALP is no longer on the Rite-Line.
If there is other information you need, call your director or the office and we will try to help you.
Click the link to view factsheets relating to the following management areas:
- Industry
- Sheep Health
- Animal Welfare and Handling
- What you need to know about lambing
- Lakeland Carcass Project
- Sheep Management
- Nutrition
- Precision Flock Management
- Grazing
Industry
Sheep Health
- Biosecurity
- Facts about T. ovis
- Guide to the Humane Care, Handling and Transportation of Sheep (Fit for Transport Guide)
- Guide to Parasites in Sheep
- Malignant Catarrhal Fever - Don't mingle sheep and bison
- Mastitis in Ewes
- Schmallenberg Virus
- A Guide to Footrot in Sheep
Animal Welfare and Handling
- Responsible Animal Care and the Code of Practice
- Handling Systems for Sheep
- Animal Welfare Considerations for Castration and Tail Docking
- Pregnancy in Feeder and Market Ewe Lambs
- Sheep Facial Pain Expression Scale
What You Need to Know About Lambing
- What you need to know about lambing, Hypothermia - using your thermometer, Intraperitoneal injection of glucose - Presentation and handouts by Dr.Ileana Wenger, April 2015
- Suggested lambing supplies
- Intraperitoneal Injection of Dextrose (Glucose)
- Stomach Tubing
- Neonatal post-mortums: Guide, Flowchart, Record Sheet
Lakeland Carcass Sire Project: Building Better Lambs
Building Better Lambs – Terminal sires – information from the Lakeland Carcass Sire Project.
The Lakeland Carcass Sire (LCS) project, conducted at Lakeland College, Vermilion, Alberta, was designed to compare the growth and carcass characteristics of lambs sired by the five terminal sire breeds commonly used in Western Canada. Factsheets are now available to provide information on using, selecting and managing terminal sires as well as using performance records.
Print copies of these factsheets have been distributed to all Alberta producers, but you can download them here.
- Building Better Lambs 1: Using Terminal Sires
- Building Better Lambs 2: Selecting Terminal Sires
- Building Better Lambs 3: How to Use Performance Records
- Building Better Lambs 4: Managing Rams
Management
- The Canadian Sheep Identification Program (CSIP) in Alberta
- Composting Dead Sheep & Lambs
- Early Weaning Protocol
- Fencing in Alberta
- Guardian Animals for Alberta
- Having a Plan when Selecting a Terminal Sire
- Lamb Meat – Nutrition
- Predator Control
- Producing Profits with RFID - Tags and taggers
- Questions and Answers for Distributing Meat
- Shearing Your Sheep
- The Western Canadian Flock Health Program
- Wool Quality
- Suggested 'Shepherd's Calendar' of Yearly Management Events
Nutrition
- Feeding Your Flock When Hay is Limited - Dale Engstrom webinar handout (Nov 14, 2015)
- Feed Testing in Alberta
- Feeding High Nitrate Crops to Sheep
- Feeding Lambs – Frequently Asked Questions
- Use Caution When Changing Sheep Rations
Precision Flock Management
Grazing
Forage is a key resource for sheep production. These fact sheets outline key areas for managing grazing on your operation.
- Forage Growth and Intensive Grazing Basics
- When To Open and Close the Gate
- “Filling Feed Holes In The Feed Year”
Also available by request from the ALP office are:
- Alberta Sheep Facts
- Better Breeding with Teaser Ram Use
- Managing Ewe Lambs
- Selling Freezer Lambs
- Selling Freezer Lambs at Alberta Approved Farmers’ Markets
- Antimicrobial Use & Resistance in the Alberta Sheep Industry
- Effective Practices in Sheep Production Series - By-product Feeds for Sheep
- Malignant Catarrhal Fever in Bison & Sheep
- Rain, Mud & Limping Sheep