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, ...

Don and Pam Mudford from Dubbo, NSW, have spent the past two decades working towards their short-tail Merinos. The sheep still have a tail, but the goal is to have the length shorter than their hocks.

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 ...