Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publisher

Department of Agriculture Western Australia

Publication Date

12-8-2003

Keywords

Prime lambs, Price, Time of lambing, Ewes, Weaners, Lambs, Age, Weight, Dehydration, Meat, Confinement feeding, Feedlotting, Grain, Nutrition, Inanition, Heat stress threshold, Risk management, Mortality limit, Farming system, Herbicide resistance, Nutritional management, Quality wool, Sheepmeats, Meat quality, Farming system, Herbicide resistance, Finishing system, Animal age, Processing

Disciplines

Agricultural Economics | Biosecurity | Comparative Nutrition | Food Chemistry | Food Processing | Sheep and Goat Science

Abstract

This session covers seven papers from different authors: 1. Economic analysis of using terminal sires in a self replacing Merino flock Lucy Anderton, Department of Agriculture Western Australia, Katanning 2. Is the mating of ewe weaners an option for increasing the numbers of lambs in WA? Rob Davidson University of WA, Crawley and Keith Croker Department of Agriculture Western Australia, South Perth 3.Dehydration of lambs at the time of slaughter Robin Jacob, School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University 4.Feeding prime lambs for slaughter Rachel Kirby, Outback Solutions 5. Live sheep export R&D Steve Meerwald, Wellard Rural Exports 6. Confinement feeding sheep in Western Australia John Milton, The University of Western Australia 7. Sheepmeat eating quality - affects of animal age, finishing and processing David Pethick, School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University

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