Abstract
A method for determining the moisture content of wool with a minimum disturbance to the constituents is described. The method was used to show differences in moisture content according to anatomical site, age, sex, strain of merino and in lesions of fleece rot, bacterial stain and active flystrike. The incidence of natural flystrike was recorded and related to the higher levels of moisture content. The moisture content in proximal wool was found to increase at different rates, following wetting of the fleece with droplets of water falling under gravity to simulate rain. A level of 20 per cent moisture content was reached after different time intervals in different strains of merino sheep, which may explain one of the differences in strain susceptibility to fleece rot
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