Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publisher
Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
City
Perth
Publication Date
24-7-2009
Keywords
Scouring, Scout worms, BarbersPole worm, drenching, mules, blowfly strike, fleece rot, Breeding objectives, ewe lifetime selection, Merino ewes, reproduction rate, lamb survival, Pregnancy scanning for sheep, MIDAS, Profitability
Disciplines
Agricultural Economics | Immunology of Infectious Disease | Nutritional Epidemiology | Other Genetics and Genomics | Parasitology | Sheep and Goat Science
Abstract
This session covers seven papers from different authors:
1. Scouring Management and Worm Control, Brown Besier, Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
2.Breeding sheep for resistance to breech strike:- Selection results in WA, LJE Karlsson, JC Greeff & AC Schlink, Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
3.Future Ewe - matching genetics to the production system, Mark Ferguson, Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
4. Within-flock selection of ewes: opportunities for gains in reproduction, Greg Leeand Sue Hatcher, NSW Department of Primary Industries & Australian CRCforSheep Industry Innovation (Orange)
5. Managing Merinos on Murrayfield, Bruce Michael, Murryfield, Bruny Island, Tasmania
6. Managing [breech] flystrike in [unmulesed] sheep, Rob Woodgate, Darren Michael, Mandy Curnow and Julia Smith, Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
7. Value of Pregnancy Scanning and Differential Feeding of Dry, Single amd Twin Ewes, John Young, Farming Systems Analysis Service, Kojonup, WA, Andrew Thompson, Chris Oldham Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
Recommended Citation
Besier, B,
Karlsson, L J,
Greeff, J C,
Schlink, A C,
Ferguson, M,
Lee, G,
Hatcher, S,
Michael, B,
Woodgate, R,
Michael, D,
Curnow, M,
Smith, J,
Young, J,
Thompson, A,
and
Oldham, C.
(2009), Sheep Updates 2009. Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia, Perth. Conference Proceeding.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/sheep_conf/32
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Comments
Please cite papers individually