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Can pain relief husbandry practices improve animal health and well-being? In alignment with the Australian Beef Sustainability Framework’s objective of achieving 100% utilisation of pain relief for husbandry…
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Calf loss and heifer mortality have been major topics of conversation in the north for years, and frankly, people can talk about it until the cows come home.…
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Detection of maternal behaviours associated with suckling in beef cattle The ‘uSuckled’ project is investigating the ability to remotely monitor suckling events using devices (such as accelerometers, sound…
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The ‘Calf 48 hour’ project is evaluating and enhancing technologies to detect parturition events in cattle in order to improve diagnosis of causes of calf loss in extensive…
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Calf loss in northern Australian beef herds is a major problem confronting the productivity of business operations. In this BeefConnect webinar recording, join Tim Schatz (Principal Livestock Research…
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Key findings Cows with bottle teats immediately after calving are a major cause of calf loss in an extensively managed Northern Territory beef herd. Udders of the cows…
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Calf loss is a major economic cost to beef cattle herds of northern Australia. In the treeless rangelands typical for the Northern Downs country type, a 6.7 percentage…
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The National wild dog action plan project developed a monitoring, evaluation and reporting (MER) framework to deal with the problem of wild dogs. Summary The monitoring, evaluation and…
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The Wild dog ecology, impacts and management in northern Australian cattle enterprises: a review with recommendations for RD&E investments project investigated the impact of wild dogs on the…
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Losses between confirmed pregnancy and weaning continue to be one of the most important problems confronting beef industries globally. Lane et al (2015) recently estimated that dystocia and…
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