Sheep & Wool

Health and Safety Recommendations

• Fasting of sheep prior to shearing - Preshearing Guidelines
• Preshearing Poster
• Code of Recommendations and Minimum Standards for the Welfare of Sheep

About New Zealand wool

• New Zealand and its Wool
• Healthy Land, Healthy Wool
• Sheep Breeds of New Zealand

Types of wool

• Main wool types
• Main wool categories
• Body wool
• Oddments
• Miscellaneous categories
• Slipe wools

Wool Description

• WoolPro type description system
• The key to the WoolPro Type Description
• WoolPro Type Descriptors
• WoolPro Length Descriptors
• Wool Measurement
• Glossary of common wool terms

Processing and End-Use

• Technical Advantages
• Wool Processing