DOCKING a sheep’s tail is the common practice of shortening the length of the tail. In other parts of the world, it is done to avoid fly strike and to reduce faecal soiling. Fly strike occurs when ...

The Farm Animal Welfare Council (FAWC) today launched its "Report on the implications of castration and tail docking for the welfare of lambs". The report considers the implications of castration and ...

Wyoming sheep and lamb producers lost 34,000 animals to weather, predators, disease and other causes during 2017, representing a total value of $6.31 million, according to a survey conducted by USDA, ...

And the latest information correlates with findings from as far back as 100 years ago. The advice comes from Australian Wool Innovation and Meat and Livestock Australia. It’s prompted AWI research, ...

Submitted photo A ewe and her lamb on the coast of one of the islands off Nova Scotia, where sheep graze during the winter. Recently, I went to Nova Scotia, Canada. During my time there, I met Captain ...

With lambing underway across the country, the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is reminding sheep farmers and contractors of the animal welfare requirements for tail-docking. "Tail-docking ...

It has been an issue flagged to The Weekly Times at the major spring ewe sales this year, including at the Corowa first-cross ewe sale last week. And it is not only the really short tails, but the ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah sheep and lamb producers lost 43,000 animals to weather, predators, disease and other causes during 2016, representing a total value of $7.54 million, according to a survey ...

Longer tails have long given sheep producers across the globe problems, but a research project spearheaded by Washington State University graduate student Brietta Latham could eliminate the trait.