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Sheep and wool

Sheep and Wool

Sheep

Web gateways
Databases
Organisations
Universities & research
Statistics
Health
 

Wool

Web gateways
Databases
Organisations
Universities & research
Statistics
Specifications

Sheep


Web gateways

Australian Farming Virtual Library - Sheep
NetVet - Sheep
Queensland. Dept. of Primary Industries. Sheep information
Sheep'o: The Australian sheep and wool industries on the Web
Veterinary Information Portal (University of Sydney)
Virtual Livestock Library: Sheep


Databases

Databases to find journal articles and other publications
Agricola
Agriculture & Natural Resources
Biosis Previews
CAB Abstracts
Current Contents Connect
Prime Notes
PubMed (Medline)
SAGE
Scopus
Web of science
Zoological Record

Other databases

ArkDB Sheep Mapping Database (Roslin Institute, UK) .
Merino Superior Sires Australian database of Central Test sire performance


Organisations

Australian
Australian Association of Stud Merino Breeders
Australian Corriedale Association
Australian Poll Dorset Association
Australian Suffolk Association
Australian Texel Sheep Association
Australian White Suffolk Association
Black and Coloured Sheep Breeders Association of Australia 
Hall Damara
Heritage Sheep Australia
Rare Breeds of Australia Ltd
Sheepmeat Council of Australia

International
American Sheep Industry Association
Black and Coloured Sheep Breeders Association of New Zealand
Breed Associations (Breeders' World)


Universities & Research

Australian
Sheep CRC
LAMBPLAN Australia's system for describing genetic worth of animals used in sheepmeat and sheep industry
SARDI Livestock Systems - Meat and Wool


Statistics

Australia

Agricultural commodities, Australia
/ Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Statistics on crops, livestock and livestock products, land use and industry and size characteristics of farms.      

see also
Historical selected agricultural commodities, by state (1861-present) / Australian Bureau of Statistics

Agriculture, Australia
/ Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Statistics on crops, livestock and livestock products and characteristics of farms. Also included are detailed statistics on the financial performance of agricultural industries, the value of agricultural commodities produced (VACP) and summary trade data

AgStats (Australian Bureau of Statistics database)
ABS agriculture commodity production statistics from the agricultural census. The Waite Library has the database available for searching back to the 1987/88 census to 2002, covering South Australia in detail and other Australian state totals. Value of agricultural commodity production figures are available for searching from 1993/94 to 2002.
The Roseworthy Campus Library holds 1996/7 - 2002.
Only available for use at Waite or Roseworthy libraries.

AgSurf: ABARE Farm Survey Data

Farm performance, production benchmarks, farm management, socioeconomic indicators for grains, beef, sheep and dairy industries. Data available for states, agricultural zones and regions. Annual figures from 1989-

Australian agriculture assessment 2001 /National Land & Water Resources Audit

Australian commodities: forecasts and issues (quarterly) / Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
            Roseworthy Journals 338.1 Q1.4
           Waite Journals  338.105 A9381
            Barr Smith Main collection  382.405 A938
           From 1994 available online (members of the University of Adelaide community)
           From 2000 available online (unrestricted access)

Australian commodity statistics (annual) / Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
           Roseworthy Journals  338.10994 C734.2
             Waite Journals  338.1099405 C7341.2
             Barr Smith Main Collection   338.1099405 C734.2
            From 2000 available online (unrestricted access)

Australian farm surveys
  / Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
           Survey data also available on AgSurf: ABARE Farm Survey Data

Australian prime lamb industry  / Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
            Roseworthy Journals  338.176313 A938

Livestock and meat, Australia / Australian Bureau of Statistics.
            1998-2002
            2003-

Livestock products, Australia / Australian Bureau of Statistics.   Meat and livestock statistical review / Meat & Livestock Australia.
            Roseworthy Journals 338.176 A938S.5
            (Australian and world statistics)

World


Australian commodities: forecasts and issues (quarterly) / Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
   (Also includes world production, consumption, stocks and trade)
            Roseworthy Journals 338.1 Q1.4
            Waite Journals  338.105 A9381
            Barr Smith Main collection  382.405 A938
           From 1994 available online (members of the University of Adelaide community)
           From 2000 available online (unrestricted access)


Australian commodity statistics (annual) / Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
    (Also includes world production, consumption, stocks and trade)
           Roseworthy Journals  338.10994 C734.2
             Waite Journals  338.1099405 C7341.2
             Barr Smith Main Collection   338.1099405 C734.2
           From 2000 available online (unrestricted access)

FAO statistical yearbook


Meat and livestock statistical review / Meat & Livestock Australia
    (Australian and world statistics)
           Roseworthy Journals 338.176 A938S.5


Health

Animal Health Australia
SafeMeat (Australia) Contains current topics related to diseases and regulations and includes information on Bluetongue virus, BSE and FMD
Veterinary Information Portal (VIP) (University of Sydney)

Wool

Web gateways
Organisations
Databases
Universities & research
Statistics
Specifications

Wool

Web Gateways

Australian Farming Virtual Library - Sheep / woolgrowing
wool.com The Woolmark Company
Woolwise   Created by the CRC for Premium Quality Wool
Wool Portal Contains tools for analysing the historical supply and price of Australian and specifically, Western Australian, wool. Currently four interactive tools are available: mill specifications, market indicators, price benchmarking, wool quality over time.


Databases

Agricola
Agriculture & Natural Resources
Biosis Previews
CAB Abstracts
Current Contents Connect
Prime Notes
PubMed (Medline)
SAGE
Scopus
Web of science


Organisations

Australian
Australian Wool Exchange
Australian Wool Industries Secretariat Features a weekly market review
Australian Wool Innovation Ltd.
Australian Wool Testing Authority Features monthly update on Key Test Data for the Australian wool clip.
WoolProducers Australia

International

I.W.T.O. International Wool Textile Organisation


Universities & research 

Australian
Cooperative Research Centre for Premium Quality Wool (1993-2000)
CSIRO Textile and Fibre Technology
SARDI Livestock Systems - Meat and Wool


Statistics

Australia

Agricultural commodities, Australia / Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Statistics on crops, livestock and livestock products, land use and industry and size characteristics of farms.

       see also Historical selected agricultural commodities, by state (1861-present) / Australian Bureau of Statistics

Agriculture, Australia / Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Statistics on crops, livestock and livestock products and characteristics of farms. Also included are detailed statistics on the financial performance of agricultural industries, the value of agricultural commodities produced (VACP) and summary trade data.

AgStats (Australian Bureau of Statistics database)
ABS agriculture commodity production statistics from the agricultural census. The Waite Library has the database available for searching back to the 1987/88 census to 2002, covering South Australia in detail and other Australian state totals. Value of agricultural commodity production figures are available for searching from 1993/94 to 2002.
The Roseworthy Campus Library holds 1996/7 - 2002.
Only available for use at Waite or Roseworthy libraries.

AgSurf: ABARE Farm Survey Data
Farm performance, production benchmarks, farm management, socioeconomic indicators for grains, beef, sheep and dairy industries. Data available for states, agricultural zones and regions. Annual figures from 1989-

Australian agriculture assessment 2001 / National Land & Water Resources Audit

Australian commodities: forecasts and issues (quarterly) / Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
            Roseworthy Journals 338.1 Q1.4
            Waite Journals  338.105 A9381
            Barr Smith Main collection  382.405 A938
           From 1994 available online (members of the University of Adelaide community)
           From 2000 available online (unrestricted access)

Australian commodity statistics (annual) / Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
           Roseworthy Journals  338.10994 C734.2
           Waite Journals  338.1099405 C7341.2
            Barr Smith Main Collection   338.1099405 C734.2
           From 2000 available online (unrestricted access)

Livestock products, Australia / Australian Bureau of Statistics..
      Includes receivals of taxable wool by wool brokers and dealers

Statistics / (Australian Wool Testing Authority) Includes production forecasting, wool testing trends, key test data reports, industry reports.

World

Australian commodities: forecasts and issues (quarterly) / Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
   (Also includes world production, consumption, stocks and trade)
            Roseworthy Journals 338.1 Q1.4
            Waite Journals  338.105 A9381
            Barr Smith Main collection  382.405 A938
            From 1994 available online (members of the University of Adelaide community)
           From 2000 available online (unrestricted access)

Australian commodity statistics (annual) / Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
    (Also includes world production, consumption, stocks and trade)
           Roseworthy Journals  338.10994 C734.2
            Waite Journals  338.1099405 C7341.2
            Barr Smith Main Collection   338.1099405 C734.2
           From 2000 available online (unrestricted access)

FAO statistical yearbook


Specifications

IWTO specifications
London: The Woolmark Company
Roseworthy AV CDROM journals  338.1763145 I618i 

(CD-ROM must be viewed in conjunction with the latest index of 
IWTO specifications available on the IWTO website)