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 >>
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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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>