Tail length in

unmulesed Australian

Merino sheep

Report for Australian Wool Innovation, December 2012

Project Number WP599

Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................ 1

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................ 2

INTRODUCTION ..................................................... 4

SUMMARY OF STUDIES WITH UNMULESED SHEEP CONDUCTED DURING THE 1930S

AND 1940S ........................................................ 7

OTHER RESEARCH ON TAIL LENGTH IN AUSTRALIAN SHEEP ............... 24

DISCUSSION ...................................................... 26

REFERENCES ...................................................... 29

Executive summary

Introduction

Summary of studies with

unmulesed sheep conducted during

the 1930s and 1940s

Study 1

Study 2

Study 3

Study 4

Study 5

Study 6

Other research on tail length in

Australian sheep

Discussion

Total % all

strikes

References