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Additional On Ground Wild Dog

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

This project will provide funding for wild dog on ground control to assist woolgrowers and landholders through QLD, NSW, VIC, SA, & WA in best practice management. The Wild Dog on-ground support will aim to help producers and other key stakeholders collaborate to reduce the impact of devastating livestock predation...

28 Feb 2018 - 30 Jun 2018

New South Wales, Australia

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

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PARABOSS #PHASE II

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

ParaBoss is the national resource for sheep parasite control in Australia, responsible for the development and delivery of national best practice and industry information, training and extension tools on sheep, goat and cattle parasite management. This project provides funding in partnership with Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) and the University...

9 May 2016 - 30 Jun 2021

New South Wales, Australia

Australian Wool Testing Authority

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Putting WormBoss into practice

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

WormBoss is Australia's sheep worm control resource and is part of the ParaBoss group of products incorporating WormBoss, FlyBoss and LiceBoss. Awareness of WormBoss among sheep producers is very high, but adoption of WormBoss best management practices requires continued effort. This project aimed to test whether extension of two key...

12 Sep 2017 - 1 Apr 2020

New South Wales, Australia

Gywmac Landcare, New South Wales Farmers' Association (NSW Farmers)

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Understanding and Prevention of Shearer Injuries

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

Shearing is a physically demanding occupation accompanied with a range of potential injuries. This investment will utilise data from wearable sensors on the body of the shearer to identify primary contributors to the injury risk. The knowledge will support research into wearable assisted solutions for shearers, such as exoskeletons, to...

1 Mar 2019 - 30 Jun 2020

New South Wales, Australia

University of New England (UNE)

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Wild Dog On Ground III VIC

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

This project will provide funding for wild dog on ground control to assist woolgrowers and landholders in wild dog groups in best practice management throughout VIC. The Wild Dog on-ground support aims to help producers and other key stakeholders collaborate to reduce the impact of devastating livestock predation by wild...

20 Aug 2018 - 30 Jun 2021

New South Wales, Australia

Joan Lloyd Consulting, The University of Melbourne, Murdoch University, Brown Besier Parasitology

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Wild Dog Community Engagement

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

Greater understanding of the capacity and motivations of rural communities to engage in vertebrate pest management is fundamental to delivering effective community led and coordinated control programs. Community engagement practice that encourage adoption of best practice wild dog management techniques and community lead management programs have improved significantly in the...

23 Nov 2018 - 30 Aug 2020

New South Wales, Australia

Australian Wool Testing Authority

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Wild Dog On Ground III WA

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

This project will provide funding on-ground control of wild dogs to assist woolgrowers and landholders in Recognised Biosecurity Groups in best practice management throughout WA. This project also provided funding to DPIRD to fund the purchase of the Exclusion Fencing Construction Unit for the development of the Esperance Extension. The...

20 Aug 2018 - 30 Jun 2019

New South Wales, Australia

Digibale Ltd

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Tasmania Wool Smart Farm

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

While advanced management technologies (AMTs) such as AWI SMART Tags offer great promise, their value for enhanced sustainability and profitability needs to be demonstrated. This investment seeks to demonstrate the practical use of AMTs in Tasmania for improved pasture utilisation, sustainability, animal performance and related animal behaviour.

13 Oct 2019 - 30 Dec 2020

New South Wales, Australia

Digibale Ltd

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Improving Control of Predators:
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Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

The key objectives of this project were to facilitate the cleaning, collation and primary analysis of data collected by the research team and in an IACRC project (known as the 4Ps: Predators, Prey, Plants and People). The data has been used to investigate the effects of wild dog control on...

19 Aug 2018 - 31 Jul 2019

New South Wales, Australia

Ogilvy Health

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FeralScan

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

This project will support the integration of PestSmart and the proven community-centred FeralScan pest surveillance, detection, mapping, and response technologies (with mobile Apps), to become the centre-piece for community engagement for the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions (CISS). This will be enhanced by supporting the adoption of innovative community networking...

5 Nov 2018 - 30 Jun 2022

New South Wales, Australia

Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions (DJPR) [Vic]