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(Formerly Wool Technology and Sheep Breeding)

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Managing Editor - Professor David Cottle

Established in 1954 by the University of New South Wales, the journal is now published electronically by the University of New England, Armidale, Australia using bePress technology. The International Journal of Sheep and Wool Science is a journal for the publication of original articles about the wool and sheep meat industries and all aspects of sheep and small ruminant breeding and husbandry including:

  • On-farm production
  • Handling
  • Transport
  • Measurement
  • Marketing and
  • Processing of wool and meat

While the emphasis is on wool and meat production by sheep, articles are published on fibres from other animals. Review articles and letters to the Editor are invited. Submission of papers and editorial matters are via this website. Submit an Article.


RECENT ARTICLES:

Papers are published as soon as they are ready. The most recent are listed below. The current volume is Volume 56 (2008).
H. E. Tompsett and Neville G. Gregory Prof
   Ease of loading lambs onto vehicles at livestock markets
Malcolm R. Fleet and Keith R. Millington
   Regional dependence of wool colour on copper status
Dong Zheng E, Hu JinLian Prof., Liu Yan, Liu YiJun, and Lai-kuen Chan
   The Performance Evaluation of the Woven Wool Fabrics Treated with Shape Memory Polymers
Ahmed Helal Helal Dr.
   Effect of Using Ground Date Stones in Sheep Diets on the Characteristics of Barki Wool
Bruce A. McGregor
   Cashmere Fibre Crimp, Crimp Form And Fibre Curvature
Bruce A. McGregor
   The Relationship Between Baer Diagram Hand Array Length And Almeter Length Measurements For Dehaired Cashmere
Suzanne I. Mortimer
   A review of genetic parameters for visual traits in Australian Merino genetic resource flocks
Johanna KR Abbott, Glen G. Greer, John R. Bates, Chris Frampton, and Jon Hickford
   Economic impact of footrot in the fine wool industry in New Zealand and uptake of the Footrot Gene Marker Test (FGMT)
Brian J. Horton and Lyndon Iles
   Dag Scores and Mean Crutching and Shearing Period for Mulesed and Unmulesed Weaners
Elizabeth L. Jackson, Mohammed Quaddus, Nazrul Islam, and John Stanton
   Wool Industry Stakeholder Opinions on the Pros and Cons of Forward Contracts