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In 1985 the United Kingdom Overseas Development Administration, the Jordan/Australia Dry Land Farming Project, and the Amman District Sheep Co-operative set up a Sheep Husbandry and Health Programme with the Jordan Co-operative Organization. Although conceived as an advisory and extension project, none of the expatriate advisers had previous experience of Awassi sheep production. Review papers (Epstein 1982; Thomson and Bah-hady 1983; Goddard 1984) provided useful information but were no substitute for first hand experience. Therefore, 1 year was spent studying the performance and management of the sheep by the local Bedouin farmers, and 2 years collecting data on lambing intervals.
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King, J.M., McArthur, S.R., Pike, D.J., Woods, A.J. (1988). Studying Husbandry and Health of Awassi Sheep in Bedouin Flocks: Evaluation of Methodology Using Initial Results. In: Thomson, E.F., Thomson, F.S. (eds) Increasing Small Ruminant Productivity in Semi-arid Areas. Current Topics in Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, vol 47. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1317-2_17
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