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ASBVs for breech attributes well underway

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Development of Australian Sheep Breeding Values (ASBVs) for breech attributes could fast track the production of animals with improved natural resistance to breech fly strike due to the relatively high heritability of the genetics involved.





Better sheep culling can lift profits even in drought

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The present drought offers an unexpected opportunity to improve the genetics and future resilience of the Australian sheep flock.

According to researchers at the Australian Sheep Industry Cooperative Research Centre (Sheep CRC), as farmers select animals to cull they should carefully consider identifying their most productive animals.





Carcass value an opportunity for wool breeders

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As the focus on improving the carcass quality of Merino sheep increases, the NSW Department of Primary Industries has released a timely study.

In a massive number crunching exercise, fourteen production characteristics were analysed from more than 110,000 sheep records gathered over 30 years.





Cost of lamb production

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Compare the health of your business annually with other lamb producers and find out if there is scope for improvement or if your enterprise is already performing well.





Dipsticks take on worms

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Sheep farmers could soon welcome a quick and easy test for barber's pole worm thanks to research from the Australian Sheep Industry Cooperative Research Centre.

The test, which detects blood in the sheep's faeces to identify whether barber's pole worms are present and to what level, is going into a field validation phase in Spring 2007 and producers who have had problems with barber’s pole worm are being encouraged to participate in the trial.





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