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      <image:caption>6500 measurements on 3331 grazing lambs made to end of May 2024. These represent 7 breeds and 27 flocks, all fully performance recorded. Typically lambs in highest 20% of emissions produce 40-50% more methane than the bottom 20% within the group grazed and managed together.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>More than 14,000 records of ewe weight and body condition score, and 4000 records of parasite resistance (FEC and IgA) have been collected in participating flocks so far This will help us understand the relationship of these traits to methane emissions and how breeding a more efficient and healthy ewe can contribute to a lower carbon footprint.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>We want to understand the biology of the sheep that produce less methane better so we know how breeding lower methane sheep might effect their feed efficiency and rumen biology. So far we have measured methane, feed efficiency, rumen volume and rumen microbiome profile on 250 lambs. We will continue to build on this data to help us identify the most sustainable breeding strategy.</image:caption>
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