Glossary of Terms
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| Parasite | An organism living at the expense of another (the host). Can be classified in various ways, such as external and internal. |
| Pelt |
Sheep skin with little or no wool on it.
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| Pen Stain | Fleece wool discoloured by sheep's faeces while the sheep are being penned. Usually a dark green colour. |
| Penner Up |
Member of a shearing team responsible for penning the sheep.
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| Peppin |
A breed of sheep developed by breeders George Peppin and Thomas Shaw in the late 1850s that constitutes a significant portion of the Australian Merino flock.
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| Pesticide |
A chemical used to kill a pest. Crop pesticides can be herbicides (weed killers) insecticides (insect killers) or fungicides (fungus/mould killers). On animals, pesticides usually refers to remedies used against external parasites.
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| Pizzle | Male sheep's penis. Urine stained wool found on bellies from around the pizzle area of male sheep is known as pizzle stain. |
| Plunge dipping |
A method for applying a remedy against external parasites by plunging the animal into a vessel / tank containing the chemical.
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| Polled |
A sheep with no horns.
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| Polypropylene |
A major contaminant in the wool industry commonly used as hay baling twine dyed in different colours eg. black, red.
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| Position of Break |
An indication of where a staple breaks during extension, determined by comparing the masses of clean wool in the broken portions of the staple. It does not imply that a break exists in the staple. Reported as the percentage of breaks in each third of a staple, viz. tip, middle or base.
Synonyms -
POB |
| Prime |
A sheep at the top of its condition.
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