Research interests

• Sheep meat quality
• Sheep production limitations
• Lamb survival
• Pregnancy toxaemia

Background

Gordon Refshauge is a Research Officer in the field of Meat production. He joined NSW DPI in 2008 as a site scientist managing the Sheep CRC2 resource flock, the Information Nucleus Flock (INF). The flock Gordon manages is one of 8 flocks located around Australia and is based at Cowra Agricultural Research and Advisory Station.

He is completing a PhD in the field of nutrient partitioning in high fleece weight Merino sheep and has a number of publications stemming from that first study.

*NSW Department of Primary Industries was formed on July 1, 2004 through an amalgamation of NSW Agriculture, NSW Fisheries, State Forests of NSW and the NSW Department of Mineral Resources.

Qualifications

• B.AppSc. (Agric) (Hons1) – Charles Sturt University 1999
• PhD Rural science– University of New England – still current.

Current projects

• Site scientist for the INF.
• Research officer for meat production

Recent Publications

Refshauge PG, Hatcher S, Hinch G, Hopkins DL, Nielsen S (2008) Fleece, fat and fertility - an insight to Merino production limits. . In '‘Pushing grazing systems: How far should we go?’'. Cowra NSW. (Ed. S Hatcher) pp. pp.15-19. . (Australian Society of Animal Production Southern NSW Branch and NSW Department of Primary Industries.).

Refshauge PG, Hatcher S, Hinch GN, Hopkins DL, Nielsen S (2008) The impact of clean fleece weight and bodyweight selection in Merinos on meat traits in the progeny. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 48, 1076-1084.

Refshauge PG, Hatcher S, Hopkins DL, Hinch GN, Nielsen S (2007) Does phenotypic selection for fleece weight reduce lamb survival? Proc. Assoc. Advmt. Anim. Breed. Genet. 17, 561-564.

Refshauge PG, Hatcher S, Hinch G, Hopkins DL, Nielsen S (2006) Extreme ewes: The effects of the wool/meat trade-off on lamb production. In 'Australian Society of Animal Production 26th Biennial Conference'. Perth WA p. Short Communication No. 37. (Australian Society of Animal Production).

Refshauge PG, Hatcher S, Hinch G, Hopkins DL, Nielsen S (2006) Extreme ewes: Understanding the wool/meat trade-off. In 'Australian Society of Animal Production 26th Biennial Conference'. Perth, WA p. Short Communication No. 38. (Australian Society of Animal Production).

Professional associations and activities

• CRC for Sheep Industry Innovation

Fields of research

• 070206 Animal Reproduction
• 070204 Animal Nutrition
• 070203 Animal Management
• 070299 Animal Production not elsewhere classified
• 070202 Animal Growth and Development

Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)

Keyword/phrase list of research interests

• Sheep meat
• Wool
• Reproduction
• Lamb survival