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 ...

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And the industry agrees it is something that needs to be addressed. WoolProducers Australia general manager Adam Dawes said both tail docking and mulesing were generally done to mitigate flystrike ...

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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 ...

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Despite the first WSF rule set in 2001 mandating tails at least three tail bones in length, some breeders continued to cut them short. In 2003, about 40 lambs were culled from market competition at ...