Sheep meat
Awassi fat tails - a chance for premium exports
| v.35(3): 99-105 , 1994; Most people have heard of Awassi, even if they have not seen one. This unique breed of fat tail sheep, imported into Australia in 1987, was released from quarantine for commercial development nearly 12 months ago. Its supporters believe Awassi could form the basis of a high-value export industry while replacing imports. Reviewed July 2005 |
Body condition scoring of sheep and goats
| Farmnote 69/1994; Condition scoring can be used to assess feed needs and to judge the carcase finish required by the buyer. The scoring techniques are described. Reviewed July 2006 |
Good food guide for sheep : feeding sheep for meat production in the agricultural areas of Western Australia
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| Bulletins 4473; Information on sheep meat enterprises, ruminant nutrition, pastures, crops, fodder, supplementary feeding for meat production, lot feeding prime lambs, and sheep health issues. |
Investigating teeth eruption and eating quality
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| Journal of Agriculture, Western Australia : vol. 42 (October 2001); A project was undertaken to determine whether lamb eating quality would be compromised if sheep with partially erupted teeth continued to be classified as lamb. Reviewed 6 October 2006 |
Ovine observer
| A quarterly newsletter containing timely articles relevant to sheep meat production |
Ovine observer : no. 22 (March 2003)
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| Contents : Ewe x [food on offer] FOO project ¿ measuring the impact of nutrition during pregnancy; Does more milk equal faster lamb growth; Katanning ewe productivity trial; Lucerne ¿ the perennial option for backgrounding lambs; Worm egg count monitor now to avoid winter and spring sheep worm blues; Breeding from ewe lambs; Environmental management for sustainable sheep feedlots; The Lifetime Wool Production project; and Contact list |
Ovine observer : no. 23 (June 2003)
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| Contents : Narrogin Agricultural College maternal breeds evaluation - Feeding systems for grain finishing prime lambs - Accreditation of deliverers gives WA lamb producers the leading Edge - LAMBPLAN and VIAscan working for you - The LambMax Project; Increasing lambing percentages with Ovastim - New reference book released - Contact list. |
Ovine observer : no.36 (September 2006)
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| Articles on lamb boom in Japan, pedigree assignment by electronic matching of lambs and dams, vitamin E and growth rate, finishing pastoral lambs in the northern agricultural region, outlook for Australian lamb, Australian Sheep Industry CRC update, the wool-meat balance, management options to improve the reproductive performances of Merino ewes, new DNA test muscles up meat production, summer drenching. |
Ovine observer no.10 (March 2000)
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| Articles on wool attributes of five maternal sheep breeds as hoggets, Dorper cross-bred flock on a native grass-based summer pasture, Lambplan and Stockscan, lamb eating quality, lucerne trial, rectal prolapses in sheep, Ovine brucellosis, sorghum over summer, buying healthy sheep, a value-added lesson in lamb, VIAscan technology, sheep enterprisee, nutritive value of Balansa clover hay, residue and stubble. |
Ovine observer no.11 (June 2000)
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| .Articles on more money from crossbred ewes, wool contamination from the fat tail breeds, weaning lambs in dry conditions, ewe productivity trials, performance of Karakul lambs, Awassi ram lambs on lucerne, accredited scanners available, Lamb and Sheepmeat Partnership Program, performance of the Dohne Merino and South African Meat Merino, eye muscle measurements. |
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