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Expand Background to the DMFR Scheme

Background to the DMFR Scheme

Expand What is DMF Contamination?

What is DMF Contamination?

Expand Calculating the Merino DMFR Rating

Calculating the Merino DMFR Rating

Expand Eligible Sale Lots

Eligible Sale Lots

Expand Effect of Age, Sex, Crutching and Shearing of the Sheep on the DMFR Rating

Effect of Age, Sex, Crutching and Shearing of the Sheep on the DMFR Rating

Expand Issues Involved in Declaring Contact with Exotic Sheep

Issues Involved in Declaring Contact with Exotic Sheep

Expand Fibres from Other Animals?

Fibres from Other Animals?

Expand Breeds Eligible for the DMFR Scheme

Breeds Eligible for the DMFR Scheme

Expand Responsibility for the Merino DMFR Declaration

Responsibility for the Merino DMFR Declaration

Collapse Relationship to the Dark and Medullated Fibre Test

Relationship to the Dark and Medullated Fibre Test

Why is a DMFR Declaration being used in preference to an objective Dark and Medullated Fibre Test?

If a Dark and Medullated Fibre Test is done on a lot of wool, is a DMFR still required to be calculated?

When should a Dark and Medullated Fibre Test be used?

Expand Implications of the DMFR Scheme

Implications of the DMFR Scheme

Expand Supervision of the DMFR Scheme

Supervision of the DMFR Scheme

Relationship to the Dark an... > Why is a DMFR Declaration being used in preference to an objective Dark and Medullated Fibre Test?

Why is a DMFR Declaration being used in preference to an objective Dark and Medullated Fibre Test?

New testing technologies have been developed which have brought the cost of a Dark & Medullated Fibre (DMF) Guidance Test to just under $40.

However, while presale core-sampling provides a representative sample for Merino wool that has been in contact with exotic sheep or their crosses, it does not, provide a representative sample for isolated pigmentation and urine stain.

The DMFR scheme provides the only cost effective means of assessing the dark and medullated fibre risk for an individual sale lot from contact with exotics and from isolated pigmentation and urine stain.