Note: Reference material is held in the University Library - purchase is optional

International Sheep and Wool Handbook

ISBN: 9781904761860

Cottle, D.J. (ed), Nottingham University Press 1st ed. 2010

Note: Will be held in Dixson Library when published Call No. TBA

Text refers to: Semester 1 , Off Campus

1. document a clear picture of the Australian sheep industry;
2. articulate their understanding of the inherently variable nature of wool and meat as a product;
3. compare components of wool variability namely: fleece weight, diameter length and density, staple strength, style, colour, vegetable fault and dark fibre contamination;
4. describe the major environmental challenges to sheep production namely: health and disease, physiological demand and breeding and genetics;
5. quantify the importance of genetics and selection on improving returns per head;
6. articulate the role that grazing and nutritional management have in determining returns per hectare from sheep;
7. describe bench marking of the sheep enterprise and how the knowledge can be transferred into action within the sheep production sector.