Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publisher
Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
City
Perth
Publication Date
1-7-2008
Keywords
Analgesia, topical anaesthesia, sheep, cattle, pigs, husbandry, mulesing, castration, tail docking, Chemicals, fly-strike, Damara, Dorper, Merino, sheep breeds, nutrition, liveweight, growth rate, carcass attributes, Feed supply, animal requirements, market requirements, grazing rotation, Leaf regrowth, Grain introduction, rumen adaption, sustainable, farming system, financial risk, herbicide resistant weeds, quality wool, meats, gross margin, Lamb, yield, eating quality, nutritional value
Disciplines
Agricultural Economics | Other Plant Sciences | Parasitology | Sheep and Goat Science | Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Epidemiology, and Public Health
Abstract
This session covers eleven papers from different authors: The Sheep Room 1. Analgesia for Surgical Husbandry Procedures in Sheep and Other Livestock, Dr Meredith L. Sheil, Animal Ethics Pty Ltd, Associate Sydney University Faculty of Veterinary Science The Wool Enterprise 2. Unmulsed sheep - implications for chemical use, Di Evans & Brown Besier, Department of Agriculture and Food WA 3. Are Damara and Dorper sheep better adapted than Merinos to nutritional stress? - Growth rates, Tim Scanlon1, Andre Martinho de Almeida2, Johan Greeff1, Tanya Kilminster1, John Milton3, Chris Oldham1, Department of Agriculture and Food WA1, Instituto de Investigacao Cientifica Tropical, Lisbon, Portugal2, University of Western Australia3 4. Are Damara and Dorper sheep better adapted than Merinos to nutritional stress? - Carcass attributes, Tanya Kilminster1, Andre Martinho de Almeida2, Johan Greeff1, John Milton3, Chris Oldham1, Tim Scanlon1, Department of Agriculture and Food WA1, Instituto de Investigacao Cientifica Tropical, Lisbon, Portugal2, University of Western Australia3 The Beef Room 5. Benefits of matching animal requirements with pasture feed supply and animal supply market requirements, B.L. McIntyre, Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia, 6. Optimal grazing for beef, Alison Wheatley, Beef farmer Winnejup, John Lucey, Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia 7. Grain Introduction in commercial cattle feedlots, Fiona Jones1,2, Nick Costa2, 1 Department of Agriculture and Food WA and 2 Murdoch University. Mixed Systems 8. Confinement feeding stock in mixed enterprises, John Milton, The University of Western Australia & Independent Lab Services The Sheep Enterprise 9. Making More than Sheep, Ed Riggall, Australian Wool Innovation and Meat & Livestock Australia 10. Sheep Cost of Production - the enemy is at the gate!, JRL (Bob) Hall, JRL Hall & Co 11. Australian lamb - high yielding good to eat, Robin Jacob1, Dave Pethick2, Dave Hopkins3 and Graham Gardner2, 1Department of Agrcultre and Food WA, 2Murdoch University, 3NSW Department of Primary Industries
Recommended Citation
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