Checking udders and reducing lamb wastage with Anne Ridler

Head Shepherd · Feb 27, 2022 · 32m

This week on the Head Shepherd podcast we have Anne Ridler chatting to Mark about ewe wastage and checking udders post-weaning.Anne Ridler is an associate professor at Massey University, specialising in sheep and beef. Anne has been in her current role for 11 years, and prior to that was a practising vet. One of Anne's recent research projects involved checking udders on ewes. The project came about from Anne's interest in ewe wastage. Most farmers will cull on poor udders, but Anne found that most farmers checked and assessed them all very differently, resulting in different levels of…