Chapter I Introducon For thousand years, people have raised sheep for three reasons: milk, meat and wool. They are much easier to handle than larger farm animals such as cow and pigs. They require lile room, they are fairly easy to care for and they can be trained to follow, come when called and stand quickly. Sheep are also earth friendly. Land that cannot be used to grow vegetables, fruits or grains is fine for sheep. They eat grasses, bushes and other plants that grow in poor land and their digesve system are designed to handle parts of food plants such as corn, rice and wheat that people cannot eat. Sheep manure ferlizer soil. Our domesc sheep, also known as in their scienfic name Ove’s aries, is also growing here in the Philippines. Small ruminants such as sheep have increased in numbers but exisng constraints must be surmounted. There are three types of constraints to increasing sheep producon, biological, economic and cultural. Biologically, sheep are sensive to parasites especially internal parasites. Parasism is generally believed to be the most important problem of domesc animals raised in rural areas. The tropical climate, there low producon rate of sheep because of poor management. Health and wellness of sheep is the priority for it is the basis for a longer and stable producon reproducon that will lead to business venture on meat. Negros Occidental is gearing towards becoming the sheep capital of the Philippines. The provincial government purchased thousands of sheep with breeds such as Dorper and Damara and distributed all throughout the island and NONESCOST is one of the beneficiaries. Infecon of internal parasites may be one of the factors for death and stunted growth and possible