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Clones Help Develop Ewe Feeding Strategy, Myra Yelland, Rob Kelly, John Davies, Johan Greeff
Clones Help Develop Ewe Feeding Strategy, Myra Yelland, Rob Kelly, John Davies, Johan Greeff
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Cloned sheep are not a new animal to the researchers of Agriculture WA, but the method that produced Dolly is.
Cloned sheep have been produced at the great Southern Research Institute as early as the mid 1980s. Myra Yelland, Rob Kelly, John Davies and Johan Greef outline how clones are used in experimental studies on wool production
More Lambs By Mating Weaners, R J. Suiter
More Lambs By Mating Weaners, R J. Suiter
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Farmers can increase sheep numbers by mating ewe weaners. Trials have shoen that this does not affect the later performance of these ewes.
Later Mating Improves Lambing Results, R J. Suiter
Later Mating Improves Lambing Results, R J. Suiter
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Ovulation studies in Western Australia have indicated that increased lambing percentages in crossbred and Merino ewes could be expected from mating in February-April rather than December- January.
Such increases have been demonstrated in time of lambing trials with crossbred ewes, but had not been seen in Merino flocks until recently.
This report summarises the results of time of lambing trials with Merinos carried out at the Merredin and Wongan Hills Research Stations between 1963 and 1969.
High Pre-Mating Liveweights Improve The Lambing Performance Of Merino Ewes, R J. Suiter
High Pre-Mating Liveweights Improve The Lambing Performance Of Merino Ewes, R J. Suiter
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Analysis of lambing trials with Merino ewes has shown a highly significant association between pre-mating liveweight and lambing performance.
With May-June lambing ewes there was a 2.9 per cent, lambing increase for every extra 10 lb. liveweight; for July-August- September lambing ewes there was a 6.9 per cent, increase for every 10 lb. liveweight increase.
With the May-June lambing there was a critical weight below which twinning was negligible.
White Muscle Disease Of Sheep : Symptoms And Pathology, M R. Gardiner
White Muscle Disease Of Sheep : Symptoms And Pathology, M R. Gardiner
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
WHITE Muscle Disease (WMD) was recognised for the first time in Western Australian sheep during the winter of 1960.
The first outbreak occurred on a property in the South Stirling district in the middle of July and this was followed by outbreaks in August, September and early October, at Mayanup, Kendenup, Mt. Barker, Duranillin, Kojonup, South Stirling and Pinjarra.