All posts tagged "sheep"

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  Protecting sheep from flystrike

  A global research project led by The University of Western Australia in collaboration with the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development...

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  VFF leads mandatory pain relief for mulesing

  The Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) Livestock Group is leading regulatory change in partnership with the Victorian Government to mandate pain relief for...

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  Count down on for new Australian lamb definition

  Sheep Producers Australia (SPA) and the Australian Meat Industry Council (AMIC) are reminding producers there is only one week to go until...

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  Act now to prevent milk fever in sheep

  Hypocalcaemia, more commonly known as milk fever, is a deficiency of calcium in the blood, with cases in pregnant ewes expected at...

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  Work commences on Katanning sheep feed facility

  Western Australian sheep research and development is about to leap forward with a $1.3 million investment in a new sheep feed efficiency...

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  Numnuts enters next phase

  New technology designed to allow Australian sheep producers to mitigate pain in their lambs during marking is ready to be tested more...

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  Merino sheep pregnancy detected using wool

  Researchers from Western Sydney University have found a new, non-invasive way to detect pregnancy in Merino sheep through the analysis of reproductive...

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  National sheep flock contracts as drought continues

  Australia’s sheep flock is forecast to fall to 65.8 million head by June 2019, down 6.8% year-on-year and the largest year-on-year decline...

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  WAFarmers supportive of live sheep trade moratorium

  WAFarmers is supportive of the new three-month moratorium in sheep shipments to the Middle East during the Northern Hemisphere summer, endorsed by...

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  Sheep Producers Australia welcomes government action on lamb definition

  Sheep Producers Australia (SPA) has welcomed the Australian Government’s commitment to pursue the amendments required to change the definition of lamb to...