All lambs are mulesed, tailed and vaccinated in accordance with current animal welfare practices. Males left entire. Tags and the record for sex checked. Lambs drenched, vaccinated and weighed at weaning.
All animals have a mid side spot put on for ease of sampling at shearing.
Fleeces are weighed and the mid side spot removed for fibre diameter and yield testing and other wool laboratory measurements. South Australian Research and Development Institute 1996. All Rights reserved.