Management to Optimise the Genetic Improvement of Australian Dairy Sheep

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  • Published: 30 Apr 2010

  • Author(s): Cameron, Alexander, Tilbrook, Alan

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The sheep dairy industry in Australia is constrained by the absence of a demonstrated profitable model for producing sheep milk, which in turn is largely because dairy breeds of the standard found in Europe are not commercially available.
This RIRDC report describes a series of experiments aimed at defining management techniques that optimise the milk production from the available sheep, and optimise selection for genetic gain in these sheep.

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