Pregnancy Scanning Benchmarks

Use this tool to view the latest pregnancy scanning rates (reproductive rate) of WA sheep flocks.  Choose to see the whole data set or refine the results to show by time of lambing, by year or by sheep type. Add in your own pregnancy results to see where you fit within the curve.

Region: 

CSZ - Cereal Sheep Zone
MRZ - Medium Rainfall Zone 

Breed: 

Merino - includes all Merino to Merino matings
Meat - includes all non Merino matings
* where possible all ewe lamb matings and ET and AI matings have been removed from the dataset.

Reproductive rate = # of foetuses scanned (twins and singles) per 100 ewes joined expressed as a percentage.

See Also

Reproduction potential and marking rates of the WA sheep flock [1]
Pregnancy scanning for twins worth the cost [2]
Managing pregnancy in ewes [3]

Links
[1] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/management-reproduction/reproduction-potential-and-marking-rates-wa-sheep-flock
[2] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/news/media-releases/pregnancy-scanning-twins-worth-cost
[3] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/management-reproduction/managing-pregnancy-ewes

Source URL: https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/sheep/pregnancy-scanning-benchmarks
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