Weekly Update: 17/04/2015
CIOC 2015 - Carrefour International Ovin/Caprin (International forum on sheep and goats) This event took place in Toulouse, France last week on April 8th & 9th. Sheep Ireland was represented…
Weekly Update: 10/04/215
Ovigen flock visits The programme of DNA collection for the Ovigen genomics research project has begun. We have visited over 20 flocks to date. Before we can visit each flock…
Weekly Update: 27/03/2015
Ovigen DNA collection update Our campaign to collect DNA from all Irish performance recorded ewes and rams has begun. A number of flocks have been visited this week and all…
Weekly Update: 20/03/2015
Hill sheep performance recording It is estimated by the 2011 Teagasc national farm survey that up to 24% of our breeding ewes are predominantly Blackface Mountain or Cheviot. These breeds…