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

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