D & D CONSULTANTS

Bringing excellence in small ruminant management and reproduction to your business, wherever you are in the world.

D & D CONSULTANTS

Bringing excellence in small ruminant management and reproduction to your business, wherever you are in the world.

D & D Consultants brings together more than 60 years combined experience and expertise managing small ruminant reproduction and innovative husbandry into a best practice consultancy with unique capabilities and an international perspective.

Dr David Osborn, Director

David Osborn is distinguished Australian veterinarian specialising in small ruminant breeding. With 40 years experience as a farmer, in general veterinary practice and with small ruminants David has dedicated his career to advancing the health and productivity of sheep and goats. His expertise encompasses a broad range of services, including genetic consultancy, reproductive technologies and disease management solutions tailored to enhance flock performance.

David holds a degree in Veterinary Science from Murdoch University (WA). He is a pioneer of modern embryo transfer and insemination techniques in sheep and goats which he has taught to other veterinarians in Australia and around the world. He is a sought-after speaker at agricultural and veterinary conferences, known for his practical approaches and his commitment to sustainable farming practices.

ABOUT US

Company directors Russ Davis and David Osborn have worked internationally in more than 30 countries on major projects spanning artificial breeding, consultancy; and feedlot design, construction and management to improve production efficiency in more than 50 breeds of sheep and goats.

With no allegiances to any one breed, product, system or equipment, we can provide you with individually-tailored solutions to suit your needs and increase your income.

Russ Davis, Director

Russ is a respected sheep reproduction consultant recognised for his profound impact on flock fertility and lambing rates. With a wealth of experience in the industry, Russ has significantly improved sheep production standards across major Australian producers and internationally. His innovative approaches have led to increased fertility rates and reduced lamb mortality.

Russ is a popular speaker at conferences, where he actively contributes to the agricultural community by advising local governments, academic entities, pharmaceutical companies and agri-business organisations to enhance their understanding and practices in sheep reproduction. After 40 years in the industry he still maintains his own large flock.

Associates

In addition to their own skills and knowledge David and Russ have an extensive international network of academic and field researchers and other specialists in the areas of genetic advancement, accelerated reproduction and flock management whose expertise they can bring into projects as required.

ABOUT US

D & D Consultants brings together more than 60 years combined experience and expertise managing small ruminant reproduction and innovative husbandry into a best practice consultancy with unique capabilities and an international perspective.

Company directors Russ Davis and David Osborn have worked internationally in more than 30 countries on major projects spanning artificial breeding, consultancy; and feedlot design, construction and management to improve production efficiency in more than 50 breeds of sheep and goats.

With no allegiances to any one breed, product, system or equipment, we can provide you with individually-tailored solutions to suit your needs and increase your income.

Dr David Osborn, Director

David Osborn is distinguished Australian veterinarian specialising in small ruminant breeding. With 40 years experience as a farmer, in general veterinary practice and with small ruminants David has dedicated his career to advancing the health and productivity of sheep and goats. His expertise encompasses a broad range of services, including genetic consultancy, reproductive technologies and disease management solutions tailored to enhance flock performance.

David holds a degree in Veterinary Science from Murdoch University (WA). He is a pioneer of modern embryo transfer and insemination techniques in sheep and goats which he has taught to other veterinarians in Australia and around the world. He is a sought-after speaker at agricultural and veterinary conferences, known for his practical approaches and his commitment to sustainable farming practices.

Russ Davis, Director

Russ is a respected sheep reproduction consultant recognised for his profound impact on flock fertility and lambing rates. With a wealth of experience in the industry, Russ has significantly improved sheep production standards across major Australian producers and internationally. His innovative approaches have led to increased fertility rates and reduced lamb mortality.

Russ is a popular speaker at conferences, where he actively contributes to the agricultural community by advising local governments, academic entities, pharmaceutical companies and agri-business organisations to enhance their understanding and practices in sheep reproduction. After 40 years in the industry he still maintains his own large flock.

Associates

In addition to their own skills and knowledge David and Russ have an extensive international network of academic and field researchers and other specialists in the areas of genetic advancement, accelerated reproduction and flock management whose expertise they can bring into projects as required.

OUR SERVICES

We provide services on all aspects of small ruminant (sheep and goats) breeding and production, from consultation and advice to design and management of large scale intensive production projects.

Intensive production system design construction and management. We provide full life-cycle consultancy services from design and construction on green field site to fully-operational intensive breeding and production facilities with capacity to operate in extreme climate conditions. We also train local management, technicians and staff to run the facilities autonomously.

Breeding advice. We design systems to build a flock structure with the aim of identifying the superior animals, then apply our best practice artificial breeding and rapid breeding techniques to multiply the number of these superior animals to meet the needs of the production requirements (lambs, fibre, meat, milk).

Accelerated breeding programs. We specialise in designing 3-in-2 and 5-in-3 accelerated programs to maximise lamb production. The implementation requires a much higher level of technical training which we provide to local staff to manage.

Auditing services. We provide ongoing services to our clients to identify opportunities and priorities for improvement to ensure their production continues to meet meet their business objectives.

OUR SERVICES

We provide services on all aspects of small ruminant (sheep and goats) breeding and production, from consultation and advice to design and management of large scale intensive production projects.

Intensive production system design construction and management.

We provide full life-cycle consultancy services from design and construction on green field site to fully-operational intensive breeding and production facilities with capacity to operate in extreme climate conditions. We also train local management, technicians and staff to run the facilities autonomously.

Breeding advice.

We design systems to build a flock structure with the aim of identifying the superior animals, then apply our best practice artificial breeding and rapid breeding techniques to multiply the number of these superior animals to meet the needs of the production requirements (lambs, fibre, meat, milk).

Accelerated breeding programs.

We specialise in designing 3-in-2 and 5-in-3 accelerated programs to maximise lamb production. The implementation requires a much higher level of technical training which we provide to local staff to manage.

Auditing services.

We provide ongoing services to our clients to identify opportunities and priorities for improvement to ensure their production continues to meet meet their business objectives.

KEY PROJECTS

We have worked with clients in more than 30 countries worldwide, including Australia, China, UK, USA, South Africa, Brazil, Russia, Spain, Iran, Yemen, UAE and France. Here are some examples of our recent and current projects.

Gansu China

The scope of the project was to design and build an intensive breeding facility for 40,000 breeding ewes from green field site to fully-operational to handover to local management. We were involved in every aspect of developing the production systems, the flock, feeding, climate control in extreme conditions, waste management and artificial breeding. We trained and handed over to local management.

RSG Indianapolis

The brief? To design and develop the largest semen collection facility in the world and train the business owners in the most up to date artificial breeding techniques.

Hassad Food, Australia

In this project we used artificial and accelerated breeding techniques to develop a large production flock of 20,000 sheep over three years, from an initial nucleus flock of 200 ewes.