Publications
Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLES
1. McManus, W.R., Cottle, D.J., Lee, G.J., Jackson G.D.F., Black J. (1978) Observations on toxicity to mice of rumen fluid from sheep fed roughage or concentrate diets. Res.Vet. Sci. 24:388-89.
2. Cottle, D.J. (1986) How much is a superior ram worth? Wool Tech. Sheep Breed. 34:110-12.
3. Cottle, D.J. (1986) Wool properties of housed superfine Merino wethers fed grain, lucerne chaff and mixed rations. Wool Tech. Sheep Breed. 34:132-137.
4. Cottle, D.J. (1987) Fleece Weight: Fibre Diameter Ratios and Sheep Selection. Wool Tech. Sheep Breed. 35:186-189.
5. Cottle, D.J. (1988) Effects of defaunation of the rumen and supplementation with amino acids on the wool production of housed Saxon Merinos 1. Lupins and Extruded Lupins, Aust. J. Exp. Agric. 28:173-178.
6. Cottle, D.J. (1988) Effects of defaunation of the rumen and supplementation with amino acids on the wool production of housed Saxon Merinos 2. Methionine and protected methionine, Aust. J. Exp. Agric. 28:179-185.
7. Cottle, D.J. (1988) Effects of defaunation of the rumen and supplementation with amino acids on the wool production of housed Saxon Merinos 3. Cottonseed Meal and hydroxy-methyl-methionine. Aust. J. Exp. Agric. 28:699-706.
8. Cottle, D.J. (1988) Effects of defaunation of the rumen and supplementation with amino acids on the wool production of housed Saxon Merinos 4. Cottonseed Meal, analogues of methionine and avoparcin Aust. J. Exp. Agric. 28:707-77.
9. Cottle, D.J. and Maddever, D.C. (1988) Optimisation of returns in sheep breeding programmes based on objective measurement. WRONZ Special Publication 6:274-283.
10. Maddever, D.C., Carnaby, G.A., Ross, D.A. and Cottle, D.J. (1988) Vector space concepts in price relativity analysis. WRONZ Special Publication 6:439-445.
11. Cottle, D.J. (1988) Effects of cottonseed meal, methionine and avoparcin on the wool production of young, grazing wethers. Aust. J. Exp. Agric. 28:713-18.
12. Cottle, D.J. and Velle, W. (1989) Degradation and outflow of amino acids from the rumen of sheep. Br. J. Nutr. 61:397-408.
13. Cottle, D.J. and Wilkinson, B.R. (1989) Information from New Zealand and Australian Merino Wether trials. Wool Tech. Sheep Breed. 37: 118-23.
14. Cottle, D.J. and Velle, W. (1989) Traces study of methionine metabolism in sheep. Australasian J. Anim. Science 2(3): 226-7.
15. Cottle, D.J. (1990) The derivation of economic values in breeding programs for Australian Merino sheep with changing wool prices and flock production averages. Aust. J. Agric. Res. 41: 769-80.
16. Cottle, D.J. (1990) The search for the best fine wool sires. Wool Tech Sheep Breed. 38(3): 86.
17. Roberts, E.M., Atkins, K.D., Cottle D.J., Eppleston, J., James, J.W., Lollback M., Schuman W. and Reed, P. (1991) A National Sire Evaluation Program. Wool Tech. Sheep Breed. 34:2-7.
18. Cottle, D.J., Zhao, W. and Jones, J.C. (1992) Experiments to promote colour changes in wool. J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol. 55(4): 351-54.
19. Bowman, P.J., Cottle, D.J., White, D.H. and Bywater, A.C. (1993) Simulation of wool growth rate and fleece characteristics of Merino sheep in southern Australia. 1. Model description. Agric. Systems 43:287-299.
20. Bowman, P.J., White, D.H., Cottle, D.J. and Bywater, A.C. (1993) Simulation of wool growth rate and fleece characteristics of Merino sheep in southern Australia. 2. Assessment of biological components of the model. Agric. Systems 43:301-321.
21. Cottle, D.J., Russell, B.C. and Eppleston, J. (1993) Merino sire evaluation central test results 1987-1991. Wool Tech. Sheep Breed. 41(1): 29-36.
22. Cottle, D.J., (1993) Is it best to purchase cast-for-age ewes or cull maidens? Wool Tech. Sheep Breed. 41(2): 91-98.
23. Cottle, D.J., Russell, B.C., Atkins, K.D. and Casey, A. (1993) Combining hogget and adult performance of progeny in the New England sire evaluation scheme. Wool Tech. Sheep Breed. 41(2): 138-47.
24. Ford, K.L. and Cottle, D.J. (1993) A Review of the use of sheep coats to improve the processing potential of wool. Wool Tech. Sheep Breed. 41(2): 161-72.
25. Russell, B.C. and Cottle, D.J. (1993) Sampling variance in sale lots and its influence on test precision. Wool Tech. Sheep Breed. 41(2): 173-84.
26. Aitken, F.J., Cottle, D.J., Wilkinson, B.R. and Reid, T.C. (1994) Mineral and amino acid composition of wool from New Zealand Merino Sheep differing in susceptibility to yellowing. Aust. J. Agric. Res. 45:391-401.
27. Cottle, D.J. (1994) Wool prices and sheep breeding objectives - a historical perspective. Aust. J. Agric. Res. 45:1671-81.
28. Cottle, D.J. (1994) Effects of clip preparation practices on lot size and raw wool characteristics of growers’ lines. Wool Tech Sheep Breed. 42(2): 193-211.
29. Cottle, D.J., Eppleston, J., Atkins, K.D. and Casey, A.E. (1994) Merino Central Test Sire Evaluation- Riverina and Macquarie 1989-1992. Wool Tech. Sheep Breed. 42(1): 9- 26.
30. Cottle, D.J. and Zhao, W. (1995) Changes in wool colour Part 1: Incubation of wool to promote a stable wool colour. J. Text. Instit. 86(1):136-147.
31. Cottle, D.J. (1995) Wooltech Merinos: A resource flock using elite link sires. Wool Tech. Sheep Breed. 43 (1): 47-55.
32. Cottle, D.J. (1996) Selection programs for fleece rot resistance in Merino sheep. Aust. J. Agric. Res. 47:1213-33.
33. Cottle, D.J. and Hickson, J. (1996) Using industry-recommended link sires to benchmark on-farm performance. Wool Tech. Sheep Breed. 44(1): 10-16.
34. Cottle, D.J., Almeida, C.D., Baxter, B.P. and Petrie, D.J. (1996) Precision of OFDA fibre diameter measurements of midside wool samples. Wool Tech. Sheep Breed. 44(4):295-302.
35. Cottle, D.J. and James, J.W. (1997). Linkage and sire by environment interaction in the medium wool Merino central test sire evaluation schemes. Wool Tech. Sheep Breed. 45(2): 108-119.
36. Cottle, D.J (1998). Changes in wool colour. Part II. Dumping and storage. J. Text. Instit. 89(1):10-25.
37. Cottle, D.J and Zhao, W. (1998). Changes in wool colour. Part III. Processing. J. Text. Instit. 89(1):26-43.
38. Maddever, D. and Cottle, D. J. (1999) Product-process groups and wool price. Wool Tech. Sheep Breed. 47(1): 38-46.
39. Cottle, D.J and Bryson, W. (2002) A review of markers for wool and sheep carcase quality traits. Wool Tech. and Sheep Breed. 50: 401-409.
CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS
1. Cottle, D.J., Nolan J.V. and Leng R.E. (1978) Microbial Turnover in the rumen. Proc. Aust. Soc. Anim. Prod. 12:138.
2. Cottle, D.J. and Mathew, R. (1982) Feeding oat supplements to pregnant ewes at pasture. Proc. Aust. Soc. Anim. Prod. 14:640.
3. Cottle, D.J. (1984) Flock structure and genetic gain. Proc. Aust. Anim. Breed Genet. 4:209-10.
4. Cottle, D.J. and Nolan, J.V. (1982) The use of amino acid profiles to measure microbial protein outflow in the rumen. Proc. Aust. Soc. Anim. Prod. 14:588-91.
5. Cottle, D.J., Erbs, N.S. and Rebbecchi, M.D. (1984) Flock structure and genetic gain. Proc. Aust. Anim. Breed Genet. 4:211-12.
6. Tomes, G. and Cottle, D.J. (1984) Selection for fertility in pigs. Proc. Aust. Soc. Anim. Prod. 16:109.
7. Pratley, J.E., Butt, S. and Cottle D.J. (1985) The role of sheep in the management of wheat stubble at Wagga Wagga NSW Riverina Outlook Conference 6:135-136.
8. Cottle, D.J. (1987) Which is the superior ram? Proc. Aust. Assoc. Anim. Breed. Genet. 6:313-316.
9. Cottle, D.J. (1987) Maximising Fine Wool Income - Principles Proc. Hill and High Country Seminar, T.G.M.L.I. Special Publication No. 30 pp.83-118.
10. Cottle, D.J. (1988) Indirect selection for fleece weight using canonical discriminant functions of metabolic parameters. Proc. N.Z. Soc. Anim. Prod. 48:201-5.
11. Cottle, D.J. and MacDonald, I. (1988) Progress in establishing a New Zealand Sire Referencing Scheme with linkages to Australia. Proc. Aust. Assoc. Anim. Breed. Genet. 7:402-5.
12. Cottle, D.J., Maddever, D.C. and Sanderson, R.H. (1988) Development of economic values for wool traits using forecasting techniques and vector space analysis of auction data. Proc. Aust. Assoc. Anim. Breed. Genet.7: 398-401.
13. Maddever, D.C., Carnaby, G.A., Ross, D.A. and Cottle, D.J. (1988) Vector space concepts in price relativity analysis. WRONZ Special Publication 6:439-445.
14. Nicol, J.J. and Cottle, D.J. (1990) Lincoln University wool measurement service. Proc. Aust. Assoc. Anim. Breed. Genet. 8:249-53.
15. Cottle, D.J. and MacDonald, I.H. (1990) Canterbury Merino sire test stations. Proc. Aust. Assoc. Anim. Breed. Genet. 8:307-10.
16. Cottle, D.J. and Bowman, P.J. (1990) Perspectives on Merino producers’ problems in satisfying processors’ raw material specifications. Proc. Inter. Wool. Text. Res. Conf. 8(2): 135-44.
17. Maddever, D.C., Carnaby, G.A., Ford, A.M., Ross, D.A. and Cottle, D.J. (1990) Wool fibre statistics. Proc. Inter. Wool. Text. Res. Conf. 8(2): 199-208.
18. Cottle, D.J., Roberts, E.M. and Eppleston J. (1991) Fleece traits to be considered in Merino sire evaluation schemes. Proc. Aust. Assoc. Anim. Breed. Genet.9: 339-43.
19. Cottle, D.J. and Carter, R. R. (1992) Overcoming seasonal depression in wool production in Romney marsh ewes by feed supplementation. Proc. Aust. Soc. Anim. Prod. 19:135-7.
20. Cottle, D.J. and Russell, B. (1992) Comparison of fine wool Merino rams across the Tasman using linked sire evaluation schemes. Proc. Aust. Assoc. Anim. Breed. Genet. 10:472-5.
21. Russell, B.C. and Cottle, D.J. (1992) The effect of genetic parameter estimates on breeding value estimation in Merino sire evaluation programs. Proc. Aust. Assoc. Anim. Breed. Genet. 10:460-3.
22. Mitchell, W.T., Cottle, D.J. and Roberts, E.M. (1992). The evaluation of different sampling methods for the measurement of mean and distribution of fibre diameter. Proc. Aust. Assoc. Anim. Breed. Genet. 10:444-7.
23. Cottle, D.J. and James, J.W. (1994) Australian Merino central test sire evaluation schemes - operational issues. Proc. 5th. World Congress on Genetics Applied to Live. Prod. 18:35-38.
24. Beveridge, S., Cottle, D.J. and Roberts, E. (1994) World developments in Merino
sire evaluation. Proc. 4th World Merino Conference Montevideo, Uruguay. pp. 199-208.
25. Russell, B.C. and Cottle, D.J. (1995) Estimates of within bale variance for characteristics of Australian wool and the consequences for sampling and testing precision. IWTO Technical Committee Report No. 4, Harrogate June.
26. Russell, B.C., James, J.W. and Cottle, D.J. (1995) An alternate core sampling schedule for the Australian wool clip. IWTO Technical Committee Report No. 5, Harrogate June.
27. Cottle, D.J, Russell, B.C. and Atkins, K.D. (1995) Do merino hoggets with a 'positive micron' have a propensity for 'micron blowout'. Proc. Aust. Assoc. Anim. Breed. Genet. 11:525-528
28. Cottle, D.J., Almeida, C.D., Baxter, B.P. and Petrie, D.J. (1996) Precision of OFDA fibre diameter measurements of midside wool samples. IWTO Technical Report No. 8, Nice December.
29. Cottle, D.J., Almeida, C.D., and Petrie, D.J. (1996) Preparation of tops for colour measurement. IWTO Technical Report No. 9, Nice December.
30. Wilson, N., Hynd, P.I., Tivey, D.R. and Cottle, D.J. (1996) Cysteine transport into wool follicles. Proc. Aust. Soc. Anim. Prod. 21:437.
31. Baxter, B.P. and Cottle, D.J. (1997) Fibre diameter distribution characteristics of midside (fleece) samples and their use in sheep breeding. IWTO Technical Report No. 12, Boston May.
32. Cottle, D.J. and Couchman R (1997) Recommended alterations to DTM 56 - “Method for the measurement of colour of raw wool”. IWTO, Boston May.
33. James, J.W. and Cottle, D.J. (1997) Detection of genotype by environment interaction using merino sire evaluation data. Proc. Aust. Assoc. Anim. Breed. 12: 461-465.
34. Cottle, D.J. (1997) ROMPS: ranking objectively measured progeny-tested sires on index. Proc. Aust. Assoc. Anim. Breed. 12: 395-399.
35. Cottle, D.J. and Couchman R (1997) Recommended alterations to IWTO35 - “Method for the measurement of the whiteness of wool slivers”. IWTO, Nice, December.
36. Cottle, D.J. (1998) Merino central test sire evaluation schemes in Australia and New Zealand. Proc. World Merino Conf. 5: 17-27.
37. Liu, X., Wang X.L., Deng, K.D. and Cottle, D.J. (1998) Proc. 2nd China International Wool Textile Conference pp. 752-760.
38. Cottle, D.J. (1998) How does a woolgrower interpret wool price signals? Text. Instit. 26th Annual Conference. pp. 43-59.
39. Reid, T and Cottle, D.J. (1999) Dag formation. Proc. NZ Soc. Anim. Prod. 54:52-54.
40. Cottle, D J. (1999) Sire evaluation in New Zealand. Proc. Aust. Assoc. Anim. Breed. 13: 436.
41. Wei, W., Reid, T., Cottle, D.J. and Maher, A.P. (2001) Data needed for crossbreeding decision support software. Proc. Aust. Assoc. Anim. Breed. 14: 529-532.
42. Cottle, D.J. and Maddever, D., (2001) Is processing fleeces of sire evaluation progeny worthwhile? Proc. Aust. Assoc. Anim. Breed. 14: 489-492.
BOOKS, CHAPTERS and MONOGRAPHS
1. Cottle, D.J. (ed.), Australian Sheep and Wool Handbook (Melbourne, Inkata Press, 1991).
2. Cottle, D.J., The Sheep Industry, in Cottle, D.J. (ed.), Australian Sheep and Wool Handbook (Melbourne, Inkata Press, 1991), 3-18.
3. Cottle, D.J., Sheep Breeds, in Cottle, D.J. (ed.), Australian Sheep and Wool Handbook (Melbourne, Inkata Press, 1991), 19-64.
4. Cottle, D.J., Digestion and metabolism, in Cottle, D.J. (ed.), Australian Sheep and Wool Handbook (Melbourne, Inkata Press, 1991), 174-211.
5. Cottle, D.J., Feeding, in Cottle, D.J. (ed.), Australian Sheep and Wool Handbook (Melbourne, Inkata Press, 1991), 212-223.
6. Teasdale, D. and Cottle, D.J., Wool Preparation, Marketing and Processing, in Cottle, D.J. (ed.), Australian Sheep and Wool Handbook (Melbourne, Inkata Press, 1991), 311-348.
REPORTS (Non- Confidential Contract and Technical)
1. Cottle, D.J. (1992) Review of TAFE Sheep and Wool Advanced Certificate
2. Cottle, D.J. (1992) Final Report - WRDC Project UNS17 - Prediction of Clip properties
3. Cottle, D.J. (1993) Final Report - WRDC Project UNS58 - Colour of Raw Wool
4. Cottle, D.J. (1993) Final Report - WRDC Project UNS81 - Relevance of Wool Colour measurements
5. Cottle, D.J. (1993) Final Report - WRDC Project UNS76 - Indirect Selection for Fleece Rot Resistance
6. Cottle, D.J. and Casey, A. (1994-1997) Riverina Central Test Merino Sire Evaluation Reports
7. Cottle, D.J. and Casey, A. (1994-1997) New England Central Test Merino Sire Evaluation Reports
8. Casey, A., Coelli, K., Atkins, K.D., Cottle, D.J. and Eppleston, J. (1995) Merino Superior Sires No. 2 ISSN 1323-4609.
9. Cottle, D.J., Hickson, J., Coelli, K., Casey, A. and Atkins, K.D. (1996) Merino Superior Sires No. 3 ISSN 1323-4609.
10. Cottle, D.J. (1998) Final report to NSW Merino Studbreeders - The wool processing consequences of selecting sheep for ‘Advanced Merino’ characteristics.