Current Projects
- Assessing a commercial mineral supplement for improving fertility, lamb survival and
weaner growth rates in sheep - Remote monitoring of livestock to improve on-farm decision making
- Improving the efficiency of lamb production in Australia
Completed Projects
| Title | Researchers | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|
Lifting the Limits: best practice worm control in prime lamb flocks |
Please see link to the project report; Lifting the Limits: best practice worm control in prime lamb flocks | |
Step changes in Meat Production Systems from Dual-Purpose Crops in |
Shawn McGrath, Andrew Moore, Cesar Pinares-Patino, Scott McDonald, Richard Simpson, John Kirkegaard, Michael Friend, Susan Street, Graeme Sandral, Ralph Behrendt, Margaret Raeside and Jonathon Tocker | MLA funded project; collaboration between CSIRO, Charles Sturt University, and Victorian Department of Primary Industries. Fred Morley Centre engaged to compile final report and draft key research papers. Please see link to; |
Supplementation of lambs grazing lucerne |
Matthew Champness, Shawn McGrath and Jeff McCormick | Does supplementation with salt and/or barley improve growth rates of lambs grazing lucerne? Please see link to; |
Supplementation of pregnant ewes with 25-hydroxyviatmin D3 | Shawn McGrath, Marie Bhanugopan, Joe McGrath, Gordon Refshauge, Bruce Allworth and Michael Friend | Assessing the effect of a Vitamin D supplement in late pregnancy on ewe mineral status and lamb production. Please see link to; |
Growth rates and carcase characteristics of lambs fed commercial | Shawn McGrath and Bruce Allworth | |
Beef cattle trials on drench resistance and production benefits related |
Brad Goonan, Bruce Allworth, Rob Woodgate and Shawn McGrath | |
Grazing cattle on dual-purpose crops |
Jeff McCormick, John Paulet and Shawn McGrath | Pilot trials assessing live weight gain of weaners grazing wheat and canola. Please see link to; 2019 Graham Centre Livestock Proceedings |
Managing metabolic disorders in pregnant ewes to improve ewe and |
Michael Friend, Marie Bhanugopan, Shawn McGrath, Forough Ataollahi, Sam Scarlett, Janelle Hocking Edwards, Emma Windslow, Serina Hancock, Andrew Thompson, David Masters and Gordon Refshauge |
Please see link to; Managing metabolic disorders in pregnant ewes to improve ewe and lamb survival |
Does vaccination with Bovilis MH + IBR on farm temporarily reduce | Fauve Buckley, Bruce Allworth and Shawn McGrath |
Please see link to; 2019 Graham Centre Livestock Proceedings |
Mineral supplementation of late-lactation ewes grazing barley |
Forough Ataollahi, Marie Bhanugopan and Shawn McGrath | |
Campylobacter vaccination in sheep | ||
Feeding silage to ewes over joining | ||
Feeding lupins to ewes over joining | ||
Assessing perinatal lamb losses | ||
Developing models in AusFarm to assess conditions under which |