Background: Cervicothoracic vertebral subluxation in sheep presents as a postural and locomotor disorder, and has been described in several breeds in Australia and overseas. Cervical myopathy may also be present in these cases. Case report: A New South Wales sheep producer reported a postural and...
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breedscompositioncoppercrossbredscrossesintakejaundiceliverFirst page of articledoi:10.1111/j.1751-0813.1940.tb06314.xH. E. AlbistonFrom the Melbourne University Veterinary Research Institute, C.S.I.R. Animal Health Laboratory, Melbourne, and the Veterinary Research Station, Glen field....
In areas of the world possessing a moderate climate, sheep breeds are often medium framed, of a compact conformation, with short legs and thicker wool. The average breed type in tropical regions has longer body and legs, longer ears and tails, and possesses short hair, as opposed to wool....
with either winter rainfall or Mediterranean climates, and especially in sheep grazing improved pastures during winter and early spring (Larsen et al., 1999), and diarrhoea outbreaks are commonly reported at this time of year in young Merino and non-Merino sheep breeds (Sweeny et al., 2012b)...
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Australia is known globally for its production of high quality wool fibre, but not all wool is the same and not all sheep breeds are the same or have the same end use. Q: How many sheep breeds are there in Australia? What do they look like? What do the different sheep breeds produce...
Lost Sheep:Some breeds of sheep exhibit a strong flocking behavior. This was used as an example to Israelites in the Christian bible to instruct them to obey their shepherd, or master. Flocking behavior is advantageous to non-predatory animals; the strongest animals fight their way to the cente...
The samplings of July and January of the 2 different years have significantly different averages in both breeds, suggesting an effect of the season on the severity of infestation. Descriptive statistics and ANOVA of the phenotype have been performed (Table 1). We observed that the ln(FEC + 2...
once a year, in the spring; coarse-wooled sheep are clipped in both the spring and autumn. The best meat and wool breeds are slaughtered at five to seven months of age and yield carcasses weighing 18–22 kg. Ewes produce 50–200 kg of milk per lactation (in some breeds up to 500 ...