Sheep

Feeding and nutrition
Feedlotting, pasture systems, full and supplementary feeding, stock feeds and fat scoring.
Management
Flock management including joining, ram fertility, lambing, buying replacements, aging sheep and livestock protection.
Health and disease
Internal and external parasites, footrot, other diseases including OJD, nutritional disorders, notifiable and emergency diseases.
Breeding and selection
Merino bloodlines, selection indexes and EBVs and prime lamb genotypes.
Welfare
Animal welfare during drought, transport accidents, humane destruction, and Standard Operating Procedures for the use of sheep in research and teaching.
Research
The Sheep Genetics and Improvement Unit researches new knowledge designed to improve productivity, profitability and sustainability of sheep production and quality of products.
Lamb marketing
Prime lamb production and marketing.
Sheep gross margin budgets
A guide to the relative profitability of similar sheep enterprises and an indication of the different management practices used.
Yards and equipment
Yard and shearing shed design, sheep handler selection and lambing paddock planning.