The Pickwick breeding program uses genetics for growth, muscle, worm resistance, fertility, birthing, shedding, temperament, to produce balanced, easy care, productive, Wiltshire Horn sheep
- Pickwick Stud
- excellence in
- Wiltshire Horn
- genetics
- DR & VE Horton
- Gundaroo, NSW
- 0248451552
- em: drhorton at optusnet.com.au
- Contents
Wiltshire Horns from Pickwick Stud - top quality in performance, genetics and health
1. Performance
• Pickwick lambs are weighed at birth
• A weaning weight is obtained at twelve weeks
• All lambs are entered into the LambPlan database
2. Pedigree
• We watch every lamb being born
• All lambs are tagged with a unique number
• Extensive research gives pedigrees of exceptional length
• Pickwick continues research to find the genetic basis for features of the breed
4. Health
• Pickwick has longstanding Brucellosis Accreditation (CW 92/7)
• Pickwick vaccinates (Gudair and 6 in 1) and drenches regularly
• Pickwick regularly assesses faecal samples for worm problems, and can provide EBVs for natural resistance to worms
• Pickwick treats, with veterinary assistance, all health problems as they arise
• Pickwick has begun analyzing DNA markers (eg for footrot resistance)
• Pickwick records the features of all births and is waiting on an analysis of this data for genetic factors involved in birthing ease
* We know all our sheep individually, and see each of them every day
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