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Genetics

Products, tools and services are available to assist woolgrowers select sheep, monitor, evaluate, set targets and optimise the rate of genetic gain of their sheep. Stay up to date with research, development and training available to enhance the genetics of your flock.

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Genetic Evaluation Services

AWI supports services to assist woolgrowers select sheep and optimise genetic gain using a range of genetic evaluation tools.

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Breeding and Selection for Flystrike Resistance

Breeding for more flystrike resistant sheep plays a critical role in controlling flystrike in non-mulesed flocks as well as reducing the risk of flystrike in mulesed sheep.

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Resilience, Feed Efficiency and Survival

Resilience, feed efficiency and survival (lamb and ewe) are key economic traits that we don’t yet have ASBVs for, and thus not included in indexes. AWI is seeking to build the data required and analysis to support these traits to either have ASBVs or be included in indexes through correlated traits.

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Merino Lifetime Productivity Project

AWI and the Australian Merino Sire Evaluation (AMSEA) have teamed up with five sire evaluation sites to deliver the Merino Lifetime Productivity (MLP) Project between 2015-25.

 

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Visual Sheep Scores

Visually assessed traits are included in the breeding objective of all stud and commercial sheep breeders, regardless of their target market or environment. This guide provides the Australian sheep industry with a common language for the visual description, recording and classing of all breeds of sheep according to important visual traits.

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Planning for a non-mulesed merino enterprise

This 16-page report outlines the key learnings from a number of wool-growing enterprises, from a diverse range of environments and Merino types, that have moved to a non mulesed enterprise.

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Making More From Sheep - Module 9: Boost Business with Breeding

This module is designed to assist a commercial flock owner to capture the benefits that improved genetics offers the business. Genetics sets the potential for critical traits that drive profitability in sheep enterprises. Flock genetics also determines the markets for wool and/or meat that might be targeted.

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Merino Lifetime Productivity Project

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