Sheep in a field in Moscow, Idaho. Long tails often cause health and hygiene problems for sheep. To solve this, a research project at Washington State University aims to eliminate the trait that ...

Tail docking is routinely carried out to avoid soiling of the fleece around a lamb’s rear and thus prevent fly strike – a painful condition where flies lay their eggs in the wool, resulting in maggots ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

D’amour Ntirenganya is an ardent Smart Harvest reader from Rwanda. I met him during a recent visit to Netherlands for an agricultural forum and we interacted briefly. As we got acquainted, D’amour ...

A video of a sheep appearing elated to be greeted by their beloved human friend has gone viral on Instagram. The clip was shared by Millington's Magical Barn (@millingtonsmagicalbarn), a nonprofit ...

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.