Dr Gordon Refshauge

Gordon is a research scientist working in the field of small ruminant reproduction. He has worked on studies involving genetics, meat science, meat goat reproduction, nutrition, wool production, disease, vaccine, and body temperature studies, leading to strong interests in the thermal environment impact on sheep production. Gordon is known in places as the autopsy guy as he has done a lot of work on neonatal lamb autopsy. Gordon recently led a project that developed a prototype to measure body condition score in sheep. He is currently involved in several research projects including, mineral balance in sheep grazing perennial wheat, the survival of triplet ewes and their lambs, increasing the adoption of pregnancy scanning, the vulnerability of sheep production systems to climate variability, and the refinement of body condition score targets for spring and summer mating.