Heat stress significantly impairs reproduction of sheep, and under current climatic conditions
is a significant risk to the efficiency of the meat and wool production, with the impact …

Lamb survival is known to be a key component of reproductive efficiency in sheep flocks. It
has been the subject of a large number of studies over the decades and this review provides …

This report provides a systematic review of the most economically damaging endemic
diseases and conditions for the Australian red meat industry (cattle, sheep and goats). A …

This review aims to describe the nutritional and non-nutritional factors that may affect
parturition and dystocia in sheep. Dystocia is associated with fetopelvic disproportion …

The objective of the present study was to examine the factors associated with the death of
neonatal lambs. Postmortem autopsy data were collected from 3198 newborn lambs in the …

Simple Summary Stress factors (heat, cold, transport, treatment, nutritional, shearing, and
weaning) are stimulants that initiate a stress response and are an inevitable result of today's …

This report provides an update of the costliest endemic diseases and conditions for the
Australian beef cattle and sheep meat industries. Goats were not reviewed. The approach …

Triplet-bearing ewes and their lambs have the potential to improve flock productivity
however, the lack of robust information on optimal nutrition and management is limiting their …

Simple Summary The reproductive efficiency of ewes in their first breeding season (maiden
ewes) can be inconsistent and disappointing. The frequency of abortion and its relative …

Genetic correlations between 29 wool production and quality traits and live weight and
ultrasound fat depth (FAT) and eye muscle depth (EMD) traits were estimated from the …