Ovine Observer is a quarterly newsletter on issues relating to sheep production and research. It features articles written by DAFWA researchers and industry leaders. Online subscription to Ovine Observer is free.
This edition includes articles on grazing cereal crops during a tough break to the season, Southern WA reproductive rates based on pregnancy scanning, the minimal palatability difference from grain versus grass fed lambs and oxygen levels needed to keep meat red in modified...
This edition includes articles on whether to shear or not shear in winter, the rise in popularity of ASBVs, an overview of the Merino lifetime productivity project and whether 'aunts' interfere in large lambing mobs.
This edition includes articles on comparing the 2015 & 2016 Lamb Survival Initiative, a look at the difference between a value and supply chain, DNA flock profiles working to grow confidence in ASBVs and pedigree sensor technology.
This edition includes articles on the results of the 2016 Lamb Survival Initiative, the potential for dual energy x-ray absorptiometry to predict lamb age, predicting lamb composition from carcase weight and tissue depth and whether wormy sheep get worried.
This edition includes articles on the autumn stocktake on the Katanning resource flocks, cultural preferences for intramuscular fat in sheepmeat, opportunities for sheep enterprise expansion and a study on low growth Merino lambs mobilising more fat during feed deprivation.
This edition includes part 2 of a series on improving lamb survival by reducing mob size and stocking rate, information on Dual Energy X-ray analysis (DEXA) of carcass composition, body condition score as a selection tool for worm control using Targeted Selective Treatment and using walk-over-...
This edition includes exerpts of the Lamb survival and Comparative analysis of mixed enterprise reports and articles about the effects of carb-loading for ewe lamb reproduction and intramuscular fat percentage in lamb meat.
This edition includes articles on the adotption of Australian Sheep Breeding Values, a RamSelect case study, is shearing more than once a year worth it, the Agribusiness Sheep Updates and similar differences for Merino Types using newer methods.
This edition includes articles on the Lamb Survival Initiative, feedlotting cost analysis, feedlotting workshops, technology in providing stock with water, Pastures from Space Plus and a case study on the use of ASBVs.
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