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Lumpy Skin Disease is a risk to sheep and goats

WEBLumpy Skin Disease is very closely related to sheep and goat pox, Dr Schipp (right) explains to Kerry Lonergan in today’s episode of The Weekly Grill. “Sheep and goat pox is sometimes used in the vaccine, and as a consequence we’re starting to see some merging and recombination between the two viruses, so in some of the current outbreaks

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Sheep producers urged to use new oral lice treatment carefully

WEBSheep Central, July 10, 2023. Dr Graham Lean. SHEEP producers have been cautioned about relying solely on a new oral lice treatment being released on the market this month. MSD Animal Health said from today, Australian sheep producers will be able to treat their flock for lice when it best suits them, with the world first oral lice treatment

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New National Sheep Health Declaration has extra weed question

WEBTHE new National Sheep Health Declaration has been released to replace the former sheep health statement, with an additional question on weeds.

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Kerry Lonergan interviews Murray Arnel on the Weekly Grill

WEBWelcome back to the 2023 third series of Beef Central podcasts, the Weekly Grill, with host Kerry Lonergan. This week’s podcast is an interview with Beef Central and Sheep Central’s veteran saleyards market reporter Murray Arnel, who retires shortly after a distinguished 45-year career watching the ebbs and flows of the southern cattle and sheep markets.

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Farmers urged to avoid fatigue and prioritise wellbeing

WEBFARMSAFE Australia is asking farmers to ‘Stay on the Safe Side’ this Farm Safety Week, by emphasising the importance of combating fatigue and prioritising their wellbeing.

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Improved AI for sheep is aim of Queensland University research

WEBImproved AI for sheep is aim of Queensland University research. Sheep Central, June 8, 2023. Dr Taylor Pini said only 5pc of Australian sheep are bred using artificial insemination. Image – UQ. UNIVERSITY of Queensland researchers are investigating ways to lift the low success rate of artificial insemination in sheep and increase its uptake

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World-first oral sheep lice treatment in stores next month

WEBTHE world’s first oral sheep lice product will be in Australian reseller stores next month, sheep producers were told at the 2023 BestWool BestLamb Conference in Bendigo this week. Coopers Animal Health technical adviser Dr Jim Walsh said Flexolt’s active ingredient – Fluralaner — has been used for the long-acting control of ticks

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Chance of a La Niña increasing, but not a certainty

WEBIt’s a 50:50 chance. The bureau said when La Niña Watch criteria have been met in the past, a La Niña event has subsequently developed around 50 percent of the time. There is about an equal chance of neutral ENSO conditions in the same outlook period. Sea surface temperatures in the central Pacific have been steadily cooling since December

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Warrnambool Shear-a-thon strikes a blow for men’s mental health

WEBThe last sheep are shorn in the shearathon last weekend. A GROUP of shearers, rousabouts and supporters has made a huge contribution toward raising $100,000 for men’s mental health after a 24-hour shear-a-thon at Warrnambool in south-west Victoria last weekend. Over Friday and Saturday last week, six shearers, their wool handlers and …

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Nutrition & Animal Health Archives

WEBNutrition & Animal Health. Transparency in fodder and grain supply data needed. GREATER transparency in grain and hay stocks information would assist bushfire and drought recovery as well as supply chain sustainability and livestock market volatility, according to supporters of a national database concept proposed by the grains and …

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Nutrition & Animal Health Archives

WEBNutrition & Animal Health. Feedgrain Focus: Prices jump after wet week for sorghum. PRICES for wheat, barley and sorghum have risen by at least $10 per tonne in the past week, with rain on ripe Downs sorghum crops being the big local driver…

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Meloxicam product approved for sheep in Australia after world …

WEBSHEEP can be treated with the pain-relieving product Metacam in Australia after the first-ever trilateral joint review of a veterinary drug by Australian, Canadian and New Zealand authorities.

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Wimmera ewe deaths mystery solved with AgVic co-operation

WEBSheep Central, June 14, 2017. RECENT ewe deaths on a Wimmera farm and similar cases in north-west Victoria have been diagnosed as a seasonal condition sometimes affecting heavily pregnant ewes. Agriculture Victoria said the unexplained deaths of six ewes on the point of lambing, over a series of days raised alarm bells for the Wimmera producer.

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Sheep emergency disease app launched at Growing SA + VIDEO

WEBSheep Central, August 31, 2022. AN innovative augmented reality app to help sheep producers identify signs of emergency animal diseases was launched at the Growing SA conference in Hahndorf last week. The Sheep Emergency Animal Disease (EAD) Augmented Reality (AR) app ‘Sheep EAD AR’ was developed to help producers …

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Gundagai launches new lamb grid for IMF, yield and animal health

WEBINNOVATIVE brand Gundagai Lamb today launched a new grid to encourage lambs with above average marbling, discourage over-fattening, and promote best practice animal health and management. Gundagai Meat Processors chief executive officer Will Barton said with company will next week launch a (50 cent) bonus for lambs …

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Victoria vaccinates thousands of sheep and cattle for anthrax

WEBTerry Sim, February 26, 2024. ABOUT 6000 cattle and sheep have been vaccinated against anthrax in Victoria’s Shepparton region after the disease was detected at two farms. Agriculture Victoria said it is continuing to vaccinate livestock at properties in the Shepparton region, with private veterinarians working alongside the agency’s animal

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Feedgrain Focus: Dry south lifts prices

WEBSouth waits for rain. Buoyant export demand has supported prices for prompt and new-crop wheat and barley in southern markets, and new-crop multigrade wheat has traded at $400/t. “We have seen an increase in wheat selling, both delivered and in-store at the start of this week off the back of some rain and increased prices,” one trader said.

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Recruitment: Could a better outback health system help staff …

WEBLatest listings on AgJobs Central: Farm manager mixed livestock, Golburn – NSW (DroverAg Client) Station manager, western Riverina – NSW (DroverAg Client)

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South-west Qld graziers offered loans up to $1.3m for exclusion …

WEBSheep Central, December 11, 2019. Western Queensland grazier Scott Counsell used a sustainability load to secure the future of his sheep enterprise. SOUTH-WEST Queensland graziers are being offered loans of up to $1.3 million to help fund their share in private exclusion fencing cluster projects. Graziers who have accessed funding from the

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