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National Wild Dog Management Coordinator logo
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National Wild Dog Management Coordinator

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

Coordination of Wild Dog Management at a national level will continue to build on the platform for strategic management developed over the past ten years. This project will work across a number of disciplines and projects within the Centre of Invasive Species Solution in order to deliver outcomes of the...

30 Oct 2018 - 30 Jun 2022

New South Wales, Australia

The University of Adelaide (UA)

Wild Dog On Ground III SA logo
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Wild Dog On Ground III SA

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

This project will provide funding on-ground control of wild dogs to assist woolgrowers and landholders in wild dog groups in best practice management throughout SA. This project also provided funding to SA Trappers Project in collaboration with SA Sheep Industry Fund, SA State Government, SA Wild Dog Advisory Group to...

20 Aug 2018 - 31 Jul 2023

New South Wales, Australia

The University of Adelaide (UA)

Bush Fire Recovery: Bushfire Recovery logo
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Bush Fire Recovery: Bushfire Recovery

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

AWI created the Bushfire Recovery Project to assist woolgrowers and landholders following the summer bushfires of 2019-20. Protecting remaining stock from predation is fundamental to giving producers any chance of recovery. Along with Vertebrate Pest Researchers and the Wild Dog Coordinators, AWI sees a unique opportunity to make large gains...

7 Jan 2016 - 30 Jun 2019

New South Wales, Australia

South Australian Arid Lands NRM, Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA)

Wild Dog Control Coordinator SA logo
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Wild Dog Control Coordinator SA

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

This project will provide wild dog coordination in South Australia to landholders south of the Dog Fence. This Wild Dog Coordinator Position aims to help producers and other key stakeholders collaborate to reduce the impact of devastating livestock predation by wild dogs – and therefore improve on-farm productivity, rural community...

5 Apr 2018 - 28 Feb 2019

New South Wales, Australia

Centre for Invasive Species Solutions

Exclusion Fencing Construction Unit Management logo
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Exclusion Fencing Construction Unit Management

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

The Exclusion Fencing Construction Unit, being an infrastructure unit comprised of machinery and equipment including a Caterpillar 910 wheeled Loader, Hydraulic Post Driver and Ezy-Wire Spinner, will be loaned to State Government Departments and other groups to use to build or upgrade exclusion fences. Borrowing bodies - State Government Departments...

1 Apr 2016 - 30 Jun 2018

New South Wales, Australia

Department of Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA)

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Autonomous Remote Predation Detection

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

There is enormous potential for on-animal sensing systems to increase the profitability of sheep production systems across Australia. This investment will utilise location and behaviour data from on-animal sensors to develop algorithms which can alert producers of predator attack or developing disease in a time frame that enables appropriate intervention.

1 Feb 2019 - 30 Jun 2022

New South Wales, Australia

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI), New South Wales Local Land Services (NSW LLS), Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) [Vic] , South Australian Lands Landscape Board

Fully Automated Wool Harvesting CLSD logo
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Fully Automated Wool Harvesting CLSD

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

This engineering project aims to design, construct, field test and evaluate a proof of concept prototype machine for fully automated end to end wool harvesting. In doing so it will reduce costs for farmers and overcome the issue of a shortage of skilled shearers.

Start: 1 May 2018

New South Wales, Australia

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

Validation & optimisation of the AWI Smart tag logo
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Validation & optimisation of the AWI Smart tag

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

This project proposes to validate the setting configurations for the AWI SMART Tag to predict sheep behaviour and location through on-animal deployment with the aim that data will provide graziers the ability to spatially and temporally monitor their animal’s health and welfare status autonomously.

31 Jul 2018 - 31 Aug 2019

New South Wales, Australia

Central Queensland University (CQU)

Maternal Mothering Up logo
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Maternal Mothering Up

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

This investment aims to use proximity data from on-animal sensors (AWI SMART Tags) to generate an algorithm for maternal ewe/lamb matches. The project will investigate the optimum time for tag deployment on lambs, the length of time for deployment and the accuracy of the algorithm in comparison to DNA-based parentage...

1 Oct 2019 - 21 Dec 2020

New South Wales, Australia

Ranken Research Pty Ld/ Robo Shear Pty Ld

Validation of pulse oximeters in sheep logo
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Validation of pulse oximeters in sheep

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

Barber’s Pole Worm (BPW) is a blood feeding intestinal worm of sheep that can cause significant productivity losses and result in death if left unattended. This investment seeks to provide proof of concept for the correlation of peripheral blood oxygen saturation data, collected via pulse oximetry, with the early signs...

4 Mar 2019 - 30 Jun 2020

New South Wales, Australia

University of New England (UNE)