Phil Stocker, the director of farmer and grower relations at the Soil Association, recomends this book to anyone who is interested in deepening their understanding of the host-to-parasite relationship, between sheep and stomach worms. Using photographs and real case studies, Dr Stockdale covers variety of topics, such as:
- Domestication of sheep from wild animals
- Life cycles of stomach worms and their ecology on pasture
- The importance of sheep nutrition
- The impact of some forage crops on worm burdens
- Ways of managing sheep for resistance