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A Guide To Good Lamb Marking, H E. Fels
A Guide To Good Lamb Marking, H E. Fels
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
LAMB marking is the most severe of the various ordeals that sheep are called upon to endure.
It is a series of surgical operations, each involving a risk of infection, and some involving risks of severe haemorrhage.
Growth rate is reduced to the same extent by rubber rings as by the knife.
Mules And Tailstrip Lambs At Marking Time, R J. Lightfoot
Mules And Tailstrip Lambs At Marking Time, R J. Lightfoot
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
THE mules and tailstrip operation is basic to fly strike control and should be routine practice in all flocks in the same way as other accepted management practices like marking and crutching.
The Effect Of Mulesing And Tailstripping At Lamb Marking On Subsequent Lamb Growth And Incidence Of Fly Strike, R J. Lightfoot, W. L. Mcgarry
The Effect Of Mulesing And Tailstripping At Lamb Marking On Subsequent Lamb Growth And Incidence Of Fly Strike, R J. Lightfoot, W. L. Mcgarry
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
THE modified mules and tailstrip operation has been shown to be highly effective in reducing the incidence of crutch strike in sheep.
In Western Australia the operation is usually performed on ewe weaners or hoggets immediately after either crutching or shearing.
A Seasonal Reminder For Flock Owners : Care Needed In Lamb Marking, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
A Seasonal Reminder For Flock Owners : Care Needed In Lamb Marking, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
WITH winter and spring lambing becoming increasingly popular there are still plenty of lambs to be marked this year.
A word of warning now may save unnecessary mortalities due to lamb marking diseases in the next few months.
It's Marking Time, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
It's Marking Time, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Many thousands of lambs will be marked this month! When marking, remember:—
Lamb Marking, I K. Stott
Lamb Marking, I K. Stott
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
LAMB marking is the most severe of the various ordeals which sheep are called upon to endure during their lifetimes—yet it is an operation, or rather a series of operations, to which the average fiockowner gives but little care and thought.