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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.
  • Contacts
    Contacts in NSW DPI and the sheep industry.
  • YouTube videos
    Links to online videos on sheep management.

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PROfarm courses.

  • Sheep care and husbandry
  • Wean more lambs
  • more courses...

Services

  • Laboratory testing services
    A range of diagnostic tests to assist vets and growers in improving animal health.

Recent News Releases

  • 08 May 2013
    Focus on southern sheep production
  • 06 May 2013
    Udder side of sheep on YouTube
  • 20 Feb 2013
    World-first portable laser lamb probe
  • 25 Jan 2013
    Introduction to sheep care and husbandry short course
  • 10 Oct 2012
    Learn old school skills to lift lamb numbers
  • 25 Sep 2012
    Tullamore flocks to find the right ram
more news

Related Events

  • 12th Jul 2013
    Mudgee Small Farm Field Days
  • 24th Oct 2013
    Australian National Field Days
more events

Related web links

  • Sheep CRC 'Practical wisdom' notes
    A series of technical notes on enterprise management, nutrition and quality sheepmeat.
  • Feeding and nutrition
  • Management
  • Health and disease
  • Breeding and selection
  • Welfare
  • Research
  • Lamb marketing
  • Sheep gross margin budgets
  • Yards and equipment
  • Contacts
  • YouTube videos
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