Australian Dorper & White Dorper Association Inc

The breed for today and the future

  • Home
  • About
  • Breed Information
  • Australian Dorper Notes
  • Member Resources
  • News
    • eNews Editions
    • Calendar of Events
    • Show & Sale Results
    • Reports on Past Events
  • Contact Us

Australian Dorper Notes

Australian Dorper Notes

The concept of Australian Dorper Notes is to bring together into one place, a quantity of information, which may be useful to the breeders of Australian Dorpers and White Dorpers. It is a body of information which will be updated and added to over time as new developments in the sheep industry occur and circumstances change.

Australian White Dorper Flock

The Australian Dorper and White Dorper Association Inc. acknowldges the the work of and is indebted to the many people who have contributed to this body of information. In particular we would like to thank those producers and researchers who have given their time to share their knowledge with us. Thanks should also go to external bodies such as State Departments of Agriculture and Meat and Livestock Australia who have allowed us to include their information under Australian Dorper Notes.

Table of Contents

A. Industry Background
B. Management
C. Nutrition
D. Animal Health
E. Breeding
F. Meat Production and Marketing
G. Compliance for the Australian Sheep Industry

Australian White Dorpers

A. Industry Background

A1. Introduction to the Dorper and White Dorper Sheep
A2. A brief history of the development of the Dorper & White Dorper Sheep
A3. A brief history of the Dorper and White Dorper Sheep In Australia
A4. Dorpers and White Dorpers Suit Prime Lamb Production in Australia

 B. Management

B1. Business Management
B2. How to Tell The Age Of Sheep
B3. Age of First Joining Sheep
B4. Ewe Management and Body Weight at Joining
B5. Fat score of Ewes at Joining: The Benefits of Optimal Nutrition
B6. Why Fat score Breeding Ewes?
B7. The Economics of Managing Breeding Ewes
B8. Lambing and difficult births (Dystocia)
B9. Fertility Testing of Rams
B10. Preparing to Market Livestock
B11. Circular Sheep Yard Design and Construction
B12. The 'U' Bugle Sheep Yard
B13. Selecting a Sheep Handler
B14. Fencing suitable for Prime Lamb Production and see also
B15. Transport and Care of Sheep
Australian Dorper Meat

C. Nutrition

C1. How Pasture characteristics Influence Sheep Production
C2. Grazing and Pasture Management
C3. Feeding, Finishing & Nutrition
C4. Full Hand feeding of Sheep: Feeding Management
C5. Full Hand feeding of Sheep: Management
C6. Full Hand feeding of Sheep: Quantities

D.Animal Health

D1. Vaccinating
D2. Cheesy gland (Caseous Lymphadenitis) in Sheep
D3. Sheep Health: Scabby Mouth
D4. Internal Parasites in Sheep
D5. Registered drenches for Sheep Worms
D6. Drench Resistance and Sheep Worm Control
D7. Laboratory Tests for Worms: Parasitology
D8. Quarantine Drenching: Don't Import Resistant Sheep Worms
D9. WormTest for Livestock and Guide to Egg Counts
D10. Sheep Drench Combinations, Resistance and 'Refugia'
D11. Liver Fluke: The Basics
D12. Selenium Deficiency in Sheep
D13. Hypocalcaemia in Sheep (Milk Fever)
D14. Goitre and Iodine Deficiency
D15. Lamb autopsy: notes on a procedure for determining cause of death
D16. Photosensitisation in stock
D17. Lameness in Sheep
D18. Foot abscess in sheep
D19. Bloat
D20. Grain poisoning of cattle and sheep
D21. Pregnancy Toxaemia (twin lamb disease)
D22. Perennial Ryegrass Staggers
D23. Ovine Brucellosis
D24. Ovine Brucellosis – Reducing the Risk
D25. Ovine Johne's Disease (OJD)
D26. OJD Prevalence Areas from 1 January 2011 onwards

Dorper Sheep in Australia

E.Breeding

E1. Considering Breeding Stud Sheep? What it entails.
E2. The ADWDA Appendix Flock System Explained.
E3. Genetics & breeding

Dorper Sheep in Australia

F. Meat Production and Marketing

F1. Comparing lamb marketing methods
F2. Preparation for Marketing animals
F3. Latest Market Prices and Indicators for Sheep
F4. Onling Marketing of Livestock, see also
F5. Getting Started with AuctionsPlus (link to AuctionsPlus site)
F6. Livestock Exports

 

G.Compliance for the Australian Sheep Industry

G1. Property Identification Codes (PICs) Explained
G2. NLIS for Sheep and Goats- Basic Information
G3. Types of NLIS Tags
G4. Accredited NLIS Sheep and Goat Tags
G5. How to Order NLIS Sheep and Goat Tags
G6. Sheep Movement Documentation
G7. Sheep Health Statement Information

Australian White Dorpers
  • Home
  • About
  • Breed Information
  • Australian Dorper Notes
  • Member Resources
  • News
    • eNews Editions
    • Calendar of Events
    • Show & Sale Results
    • Reports on Past Events
  • Contact Us

Latest News

  • Managing a drought in marginal pastoral country
    October 13, 2020
    Contributor: Brendan Duncan, Glen Esk Pastoral Read More »
  • The musings of a retired founding Dorper breeder
    October 13, 2020
    Contributor:  Dennis Russell Our first connection Read More »
  • What you need to know about the new NVDs
    October 13, 2020
    Story courtesy Meat & Livestock Australia Read More »

Join Our Mailing List

Upcoming Events

01 - 28Feb2021

Annalara White Dorper Sale

Date TBA - Dubbo, NSW

19Feb2021

Ivanhoe Ram Sale

08May2021

Nutrien Ag Fair - Dorper Ram Sale

Nutrien Ag Fair - Dorper Ram Sale

Mount Gipps Ram Sale
POSTPONED – TBA

Australian Dorper and White Dorper Association Inc

  • Home
  • About
  • Breed Info
  • Dorper Notes
  • News
  • Contact
Australian Dorper and White Dorper Association Inc