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The long & short of tail docking

<p>Lamb tails are commonly docked in Australia as a preventative measure for flystrike as the shorter tail enables the sheep's breech to keep cleaner and freer of dags and urine stain. It also helps keep the wool around the breech cleaner. By Jill Griffiths</p>

Jessica Strauss
The long & short of tail docking

  In Farming Ahead Issue 211, August 2009, Kondinin Group investigated tail docking in sheep. We decided it was time to look again to see what, if anything, had changed since then. Australian Wool...

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A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the farming sector, brought to you by the Farming Ahead team.

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the farming sector, brought to you by the Farming Ahead team.

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Research Report: Fronting Up

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