Standard operating procedures for the use of sheep in research and teaching
The Standard Operating Procedures below relate to a range of procedures involving sheep used in research and teaching.
- Artificial insemination
- Collection of blood
- Collection of faeces
- Collection of ruminal fluid
- Collection of semen by electro-ejaculation
- Confinement in pens or stalls
- Dipping
- Dye banding
- Euthanasia
- Fistulation of gastro-intestinal tract
- Footrot diagnosis and treatment
- Jetting
- Lamb marking
- Mulesing
- Palpation of ram testicles
- Pregnancy testing
- Ultrasound assessment of body composition
- Wether comparison trials