poll dorset sheep in australia - Australian Poll Dorset Association Inc

GUIDANCE TO BREEDERS AND INSPECTORS
INTRODUCTION:
In order to carry out the purposes of the Australian Poll Dorset Association Inc. as
set out in the Statement of Purposes and Rules and Regulations, it is necessary at
times to appoint Inspectors. The purpose of this chapter is:-
(a) To assist Breeders and Inspectors and Judges to achieve a uniformity of
interpretation of Association regulations and Breed standards.
(b) To help the Inspector in his approach to his task.
(c) To give the Breeder and the Show Exhibitor an understanding of the
Inspector’s task.
The description of a Poll Dorset sheep on the preceding page portrays the ideal for
which every breeder should aim. However, in the breeding of Poll Dorsets or any
animals for that matter, certain faults will inevitably appear.
To assist members in the breeding of the ideal Poll Dorset and in the elimination of
defective qualities, the Australian Poll Dorset Association Inc. considers the
following defects of major importance, though not in order of priority.
(a) Faulty mouths.
(b) Unsound testes.
(c) Pigmentation of skin, wool or hooves.
(d) Bareness of eyelids and facial skin.
(e) Paper thin ears.
(f) Woolly face.
(g) Bareness of poll site.
(h) Straight hocks or any physical weakness such as hockiness.
(i) Faulty pasterns and twisted feet.
(j) Excessive fat on carcase.
(k) The intrusion of kemp.
(l) Heavy shoulders.
TYPES OF INSPECTIONS:
Inspectors may be appointed by the Association to carry out a variety of tasks, such
as -
- the inspection of rams presented for a flock ram auction sale;
- stud ewes and rams presented for stud auction sales;
- sheep presented for exhibition at shows.
- sheep being exported from the country;
- the inspection of a Breeder’s entire flock to be carried out on the Breeder’s
property;
- The inspection of a Breeder’s entire flock for dispersal by auction or private
treaty.
AIMS:
In broad terms, the aims and objects of the Inspections are:
Firstly to protect and maintain the good name and the accepted standards of type,
quality and purity of the Breed; and secondly to help and advise Association
members on all matters relating to the Association and the Poll Dorset Breed.
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