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===Wool removal=== A sheep is caught by the shearer, from the catching pen, and taken to his "stand" on the shearing board. It is shorn using a mechanical handpiece (see ''Shearing devices'' below). The wool is removed by following an efficient set of movements, devised by [[Godfrey Bowen]] in about 1950 (the ''Bowen Technique''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzedge.com/heroes/bowen.html|title=The Bowen Technique|access-date=26 August 2008}}</ref>) or the ''Tally-Hi'' method developed in 1963 and promoted by the Australian Wool Corporation. Sheep struggle less using the Tally-Hi method, reducing strain on the shearer and there is a saving of about 30 seconds in shearing each one. [[Image:ShearersMoccasinsC2289.jpg|thumb|right|Shearers wear [[Moccasin (footwear)|moccasins]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/sheep/10042.html |title=Sheep parasites |access-date=10 November 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202084159/http://www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/sheep/10042.html |archive-date=2 December 2008}}</ref> to protect their feet, grip wooden floors well, and absorb sweat.{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}}]] The shearer begins by removing the belly wool, which is separated from the main fleece by a rouseabout, while the sheep is still being shorn. A professional or "gun" shearer typically removes a fleece, without significantly marking or cutting the sheep, in two to three minutes, depending on the size and condition of the sheep—less than two minutes in elite-competitive shearing. The shorn sheep is released and removed from the board via a chute in the floor or in a wall, to an exterior counting-out pen. The [[CSIRO]] in Australia has developed a non-mechanical method of shearing sheep using an injected [[protein]] that creates a natural break in the wool fibres. After fitting a retaining net to enclose the wool, sheep are injected with the protein. When the net is removed after a week, the fleece has separated and is removed by hand.<ref>{{cite web |author=Cribb |first=Julian |author-link=Julian Cribb |date=26 June 1998 |title=CSIRO Media Release: REVOLUTIONARY WOOL HARVESTING TAKES OFF |url=http://www.csiro.au/news/mediarel/mr1998/mr98148.html |access-date=26 August 2008 |publisher=CSIRO}}</ref> In some breeds a similar process occurs naturally.
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