Foot and Mouth disease – protect your genetics
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a highly contagious animal disease that affects cattle, sheep, goats and pigs. In May 2022, an outbreak of the virus ... Find out more >>
Sheep Health & Nutrition
Lamb survival trial results
The Western Plains BestWool/BestLamb (BWBL) group have recently finished a three-year on-farm Producer Demonstration Site project in Victoria's south ... Find out more >>
To wean or not wean prime lambs
The results of a prime lamb weaning trial have shown "that in most cases there was little difference between the weights of weaned or unweaned lambs" ... Find out more >>
MLA releases Pain Mitigation Fact Sheet
The provision of pain relief with routine husbandry practices is now an expectation. Not only do producers need to consider the use of pain relief ... Find out more >>
AWSA Satellite Flock Final Report
The final report for the AWSA Satellite Flock project has been released. The results show a large increase in accuracy for eating quality traits for ... Find out more >>
Hypotrichosis DNA Test
Sheep breeders will now have access to a DNA test through Neogen Australasia to identify carriers of the Hypotrichosis recessive gene. Hypotrichosis ... Find out more >>
Increase Twin Lamb Survival
In the past three and a half years University of Adelaide and SARDI researchers have looked at novel strategies to lift the weaning rate of the ... Find out more >>
Sheep Genetics YouTube Channel
Did you know the "Sheep Genetics You Tube Channel" has lots of free videos for viewing. They range from training videos on a large range of topics to ... Find out more >>
What is Inbreeding?
In general terms, inbreeding is where the sire and dam have ancestors in common. The level of inbreeding is simply how closely related these ... Find out more >>
Anthrax in Sheep
Cases of Anthrax have recently been reported in Northern Victoria. If sheep die suddenly, even when there is no history of anthrax on the property, ... Find out more >>
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