Sheep producers across western NSW are being encouraged to participate in an online survey that investigates vaccination and nutritional supplementation of sheep.
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Former Peak Hill resident and current Charles Sturt University student, Kayla Kopp, is conducting the investigation as part of her studies.
Ms Kopp's PhD at Charles Sturt's School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences is investigating the nutritional supplementation of lambing ewes and sheep producers are being asked to take part in the survey.
The survey takes approximately 15 minutes and participants remain anonymous.
The project is supervised Professor Michael Friend and is part of a wider body of research at the Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, an alliance between Charles Sturt and the NSW Department of Primary Industries, that aims to improve the productivity and profitability of sheep production.
"One in five lambs born in Australia die within days of birth, costing the industry over $1 billion each year," Professor Friend said.
"Our research aims to better understand how those losses occur and to develop knowledge and tools that will help producers improve animal health and boost lamb survival."
The survey is available online (www.surveymonkey.com/r/ lambsurvey) and sheep producers are invited to take part in the research until Saturday, August 31.
Participants must be producers currently involved in the sheep industry either as farm owners or managers in NSW; must have ewes lambing on their property annually; and must have at least 50 sheep on their property.
The survey builds on Miss Kopp's earlier field studies focused on nutritional supplementation and milk production.
Data from the study will contribute to research on animal welfare, animal nutrition and sheep production.
