Tag: sheep
Top tips for selecting high-performing sires
With the spring selling season underway, commercial beef and sheepmeat producers looking to buy high-performing sires to improve productivity in their herd or flock can access timely tips and tools through Meat & Livestock Australia’s (MLA) online genetics hub.
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Update on live sheep exports for 2019
The Department of Agriculture has extended the prohibition on live sheep exports to, or through,...
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Magnificent Merinos: Designer clothing, sportswear and Sunday roast
From the catwalk to dinner tables, the Merino has proved to be a flexible breed and new research has confirmed its versatility can be boosted to improve both wool and meat traits.
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Wool odour could be key to protecting sheep from flystrike
A global research project led by The University of Western Australia in collaboration with the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development Western Australia has identified compounds in Merino sheep wool that are attractive to Australian blowflies.
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Act now to prevent milk fever in sheep
Hypocalcaemia, more commonly known as milk fever, is a deficiency of calcium in the blood, with cases in pregnant ewes expected at this time of year.
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Neogen to take CRC’s lead on sheep DNA testing from July 1
It will be business as usual for sheep breeders ordering DNA tests come July 1, with transition arrangements now in place to transfer the Sheep CRC’s genomic testing operations to Neogen Australasia.
Read MoreNumnuts enters the next phase
New technology designed to allow Australian sheep producers to mitigate pain in their lambs during marking is ready to be tested more extensively in commercial conditions in new on-farm research part-funded by MLA.
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