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class="chappages">i-xviii</td> <td> </td></tr><tr> <td width="50%" class="chapname"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080930150306/http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=12245&page=1">Summary</a></td> <td width="20%" class="chappages">1-14</td> <td width="10%"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080930150306/http://books.nap.edu/nap-cgi/skimit.cgi?recid=12245&chap=1-14" rel="nofollow">(skim)</a></td></tr><tr> <td width="50%" class="chapname"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080930150306/http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=12245&page=15">1 Development and Structure of the U.S. Sheep Industry</a></td> <td width="20%" class="chappages">15-36</td> <td width="10%"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080930150306/http://books.nap.edu/nap-cgi/skimit.cgi?recid=12245&chap=15-36" rel="nofollow">(skim)</a></td></tr><tr> <td width="50%" class="chapname"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080930150306/http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=12245&page=37">2 The U.S. Live Sheep Industry</a></td> <td width="20%" class="chappages">37-120</td> <td width="10%"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080930150306/http://books.nap.edu/nap-cgi/skimit.cgi?recid=12245&chap=37-120" rel="nofollow">(skim)</a></td></tr><tr> <td width="50%" class="chapname"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080930150306/http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=12245&page=121">3 Sheep Health Issues</a></td> <td width="20%" class="chappages">121-168</td> <td width="10%"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080930150306/http://books.nap.edu/nap-cgi/skimit.cgi?recid=12245&chap=121-168" rel="nofollow">(skim)</a></td></tr><tr> <td width="50%" class="chapname"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080930150306/http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=12245&page=169">4 The U.S. Lamb Industry</a></td> <td width="20%" class="chappages">169-246</td> <td width="10%"><a 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