Review of wool industry

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) has announced that a six-member panel of experts will convene shortly to review the Australian wool industry's progress in researching and developing genetic alternatives to mulesing.

The panel is expected to make a positive contribution to the ongoing work in the area of genetic alternatives to mulesing, and AWI will welcome a group of independent experts who will review the company's progress in identifying and harnessing the genetic factors that will allow sheep producers to select and breed sheep that are more resistant to breech flystrike.

Genetics is one important element of AWI's whole R&D program, which also includes `clips' and intradermal injection research and product development. The independent panel will review AWI's genetics research and make recommendations, where possible, for additional R&D initiatives and for fast-tracking activities.