The failure to provide an effective veterinary service to sheep in Australia
Journal Title: Insights in Veterinary Science - Year 2018, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
Sheep are not native to Australia and were originally imported; 44 sheep were among the animals transported from Great Britain to the penal colony established on the east coast of Terra Australis in January 1788 http://firstfleetfelowshp.org.au. The following brief account of the history of wool in Australia is taken from “The Australian Merino” which began; The Australian Merino…comprised one of the greatest creative expressions of domestic animal species by and for mankind…one of the greatest contributions to the world economy [1].
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JAL Maxwell
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