• Producer Information Fact Sheets
• Video & CD Rentals
• Other Resources

Information Resources

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. If there is other information you need, call your zone director or the office and we will try to help you.

Sheep & Goat Management in Alberta

Management Resource Modules available for download

• Reproduction (- 1.4 MB)
• Health (- 2.8 MB)
• Nutrition (- 2 MB)

Sheep & Goat Management in Alberta binder: printed black and white binder containing comprehensive information on Health, Nutrition and Reproduction. $49 + gst, shipping included
SGMA CD - Three modules on CD - $10 + gst, shipping included

Producer Information Fact Sheets

The following fact sheets are available as a download or by request from the office:

• Alberta Sheep Centre
• Alberta Sheep Facilities
• ALP Extension Items
• The Canadian Sheep Identification Program (CSIP) in Alberta
• CSF C Ovis Brochure
• Composting Dead Sheep & Lambs
• Directions for the Use of Albendazole (aka Valbezen)
• Directions for the Use of Ectiban
• Early Weaning Protocol
• Feed Testing in Alberta
• Feeding High Nitrate Crops to Sheep
• Feeding Lambs – Frequently Asked Questions
• Fencing in Alberta 
• Guardian Animals for Alberta
• Guide to Footrot in Sheep
• Guide to the Humane Care, Handling and Transportation of Sheep
• Guide to Parasites in Sheep
• Having a Plan when Selecting a Terminal Sire
• The Impact of Dog Tapeworms on Your Sheep
• Lamb Meat – Nutrition
• Mastitis in Ewes
• Predator Control
• Questions and Answers for Distributing Meat
• Shearing Your Sheep
• Use Caution When Changing Sheep Rations
• The Western Canadian Flock Health Program
• Wool Quality

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

Video & CD Rentals

Videos and CDs are available to borrow by request from the ALP office for a three week period and include information on:

• Agri-Food Value Chains (2003)
• Canadian Sheep Options & Opportunities
• Handling and Feeding Sheep x 6 tapes (12 min, 1998)
• Lamb Survival/Prevent Lamb Starvation (33 min)
• Lambing Time Management (set of 3)
  • The Pre-lambing period (48 min, 1993)
  • Lambing (51 min, 1993)
  • The post-lambing period (37 min, 1993)
• Pasture Lambing (66:52 min, 1996)
• Shearing Techniques with Fiona Nettleton (100 min.)
• Take Time! Sheepdog Training (55 min, 1995)
• That'll Do! Widening the sheepdog experience (50 min, 1992)
• What's The Score?Body condition scoring for livestock (set of 4)

Other Resources

1. Sheep & Goat Management in Alberta - Resource modules for Download.
   Sheep & Goat Management in Alberta binder: printed black and white binder containing comprehensive information on Health, Nutrition and Reproduction. $49 + gst, shipping included
   SGMA CD - Three modules on CD - $10 + gst, shipping included
2. Highlights of Sheep History in the Canadian West (History book by Grant MacEwan) Many books have been written about the romance of the western cattle industry, yet at the time of writing, nothing existed to describe the history and contributions of the western shepherd. Grant MacEwan changed all that by writing this much acclaimed history book, in cooperation with ALP. If you are a sheep producer or a history buff this book is well worth a look, a great story with many original photographs.
   - Soft Cover $15.00 (plus shipping & handling & GST).
3. National Sheep Code of Practice
   Free to Alberta Sheep Producers
4. Ewe Record Sheets and Barn Record Sheets
   Free to Alberta Sheep Producers
5. Sheepbytes (DOS Software program for balancing or checking sheep rations)
   This program was developed to assist the producer in formulating sheep rations. This easy to use computer software program gives you a quick method for balancing or checking sheep rations. The program allows the user to balance for all the major and most of the micro-nutrients. Sheepbytes can print out the balanced ration, complete with the formula for any batch mixes created, and a summary of several balanced rations. Please note this program is not compatible with VISTA operating system.
6. Business Risk Management Update May 2010
7. The Canadian Sheep Industry Information for Lenders
   Prepared by the Canadian Sheep Federation, 2009
8. Cost of Production Templates
   To maximise your returns, you must have a good understanding of your business operation and costs. Available from the Government of Saskatchewan, Ewe Planner is a great tool to track this information.
   CofP templates are also available at– cansheep.ca/cms/en/Resources/CoP/CoP
9. Getting Started in Sheep?
   A Virtual Tool Box full of the information you need to know to run a successful operation is available from the Canadian Sheep Federation.