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Global Eczema Therapy Study logo
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Global Eczema Therapy Study

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

Atopic dermatitis (eczema) is a growing international issue with 20% of Australian children displaying clinical symptoms at 12 months of age. Previous studies have demonstrated improvements in eczema symptoms from wearing next-to-skin superfine Merino garments. This investment seeks to confirm the benefits of superfine Merino garments to infant eczema sufferers...

1 Aug 2018 - 31 May 2021

New South Wales, Australia

The University of Sydney (USYD)

Atopic Dermatitis Study # Forefront logo
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Atopic Dermatitis Study # Forefront

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

Wool clothing may be perceived as a poor choice for use by individuals with sensitive skin or atopic dermatitis (eczema). This investment examined the impact of wearing fine Merino wool clothing on a range of atopic dermatitis factors. Wearing Merino wool clothing provided improvements in the severity of atopic dermatitis...

1 Aug 2016 - 30 Jun 2019

New South Wales, Australia

The University of Adelaide (UA)

A new method for conducting FECRTs logo
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A new method for conducting FECRTs

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

Internal parasites are ranked the highest costing disease in the Australian sheep industry. Losses in production will continue to rise as sheep worms become more resistant to commonly used chemicals. The faecal egg count reduction test (FECRT) is the standard field test for the diagnosis of anthelmintic resistance (AR) in...

1 Dec 2017 - 30 Jun 2020

New South Wales, Australia

Northwestern University, USA and St Olavs Hospital, SINTEF Norway

Demonstration of a new method for WEC ASBVs logo
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Demonstration of a new method for WEC ASBVs

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

This project investigated the use of a more sensitive worm egg count (WEC) method (using the Mini-FLOTAC technique) for Australian wool producers when testing rams and ewes for the purposes of generating Australian Sheep Breeding Values (ASBVs). Problems with conventional WEC test methods (McMaster) arise because of their low sensitivity...

2 Oct 2017 - 12 Dec 2020

New South Wales, Australia

Devold of Noway AS, DS Research

Development of footrot vaccine best practice logo
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Development of footrot vaccine best practice

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

This project, to investigate a new multivalent vaccine formulation, provided valuable insights into best management practice of footrot, helping woolgrowers whose flocks are affected by footrot, prevent productivity and profitability losses, as well as improve animal welfare. Results from this project have been used to update industry communications on best...

2 Jul 2018 - 28 Feb 2021

New South Wales, Australia

Dawbuts Pty Ltd

Nanotechnology for flystrike and lice control logo
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Nanotechnology for flystrike and lice control

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

New chemical formulations for flystrike control are required to support the phaseout of mulesing and because of the development of resistance to the most widely used flystrike control compounds. Control of sheep lice has suffered similar resistance problems and remains an issue in the sheep industries. Nanotechnology offers a means...

3 Sep 2018 - 1 Jan 2021

New South Wales, Australia

Dawbuts Pty Ltd, Animal Genetics Breeding Unit (AGBU)

Low Cost AI With Frozen Ram logo
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Low Cost AI With Frozen Ram

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

The aim of this project was to seek improvement of the function of frozen ram semen so that it can be effectively used in cheaper, less invasive cervical artificial insemination (AI) programs, to improve the current rate of conception using frozen thawed semen in cervical AI from 20% to 70%....

5 Jun 2013 - 30 Jun 2019

New South Wales, Australia

The University of Sydney (USYD)

Fertility of sexed ram semen 18/19 logo
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Fertility of sexed ram semen 18/19

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

The ability to pre-select the production of male or female lambs will provide a number of benefits to the Australian wool industry. Sex pre-selection can streamline flock management, reduces the costs associated with progeny testing, allows producers to focus selection on a ewe line, and can improve the rate of...

1 Feb 2018 - 30 Jun 2019

New South Wales, Australia

The University of Queensland (UQ)

Vaccine for control of flystrike logo
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Vaccine for control of flystrike

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

Flystrike, and its control, is a significant cost to the Australian sheep and wool industries. With the advent of new technologies and the sheep blow fly genome information, significant new opportunities now exist to make the development of a flystrike vaccine a real possibility. A flystrike vaccine will fulfil a...

26 Nov 2018 - 30 Jun 2022

New South Wales, Australia

The University of Sydney (USYD)

Genetics of Blowfly Parasitism logo
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Genetics of Blowfly Parasitism

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

Understanding the biology of the Australian sheep blowfly (Lucilia cuprina) is critical to developing new and effective strategies for its control. The unique parasitic lifecycle of the blowfly means that insect model organisms currently available for study using sophisticated genetic techniques are not necessarily going to provide results about gene...

11 Apr 2016 - 21 Nov 2018

New South Wales, Australia

The University of Sydney (USYD)