Grazing BMP animal health and welfare module resources
Productive, profitable and sustainable cattle businesses have good animal health and welfare management. The Grazing BMP animal health and welfare module covered:
- Health management programs
- Extreme weather events and predation
- Biosecurity
- Animal welfare
- Transport.
This page summarises the references used to create the animal health and welfare module and highlights additional, complementary resources and activities that you may find useful.
FutureBeef staff
Burdekin | Fitzroy |
Megan Willis | Matt Brown |
Karl McKellar | Jo Gangemi |
Melissa Holzwart | Mick Sullivan |
Extension activities and workshops
- Presentation by Steve Banney, Steve Banney Agribusiness, Tuchekoi, Queensland.
Publications
- Animal health and welfare module reference manual – under development
- A guide to best practice husbandry in beef cattle: Branding, castrating and dehorning (PDF, 3MB) – download from Meat & Livestock Australia (2007)
- Hormone growth promotants and beef production: a best practice guide (PDF, 5MB) – download from Meat & Livestock Australia (2011)
- Recommendations for integrated buffalo fly control (Revised edition 2011) (PDF, 507KB) – download from Meat & Livestock Australia
- Is it fit to load: a national guide to the selection of animals fits to transport (Revised edition 2012) (PDF, 2MB) – download from Meat & Livestock Australia
- Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines for Cattle, Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines.
- McBarron, EJ 1983. ‘Poisonous plants: handbook for farmers and graziers’, Inkata Press, Melbourne, Victoria.
- Dowling, RM and McKenzie, RA 1993. ‘Poisonous plants: a field guide’, Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane, Queensland.
- McBarron, EJ 1976. ‘Medical and veterinary aspects of plant poisoning in New South Wales’, Department of Agriculture, New South Wales.
- Sackett, D et al 2006. ‘Assessing the economic cost of endemic disease on the profitability of Australian beef cattle and sheep producers’, Final report AHW.087, Meat & Livestock Australia, North Sydney, New South Wales.
- Brightling, A 2006. ‘Livestock diseases in Australia: diseases of cattle, sheep, goats and farm dogs in Australia’, C.H. Jerram & Associates, Mt. Waverley, Victoria.
- Hungerford, TG 1990. ‘Diseases of Livestock’, McGraw-Hill, Sydney, New South Wales.
Fact sheets
- Minimising land transport stress in live export Brahman steers (PDF, 121KB) – download from Meat & Livestock Australia (2005)
- Preparation of cattle for live export (PDF, 138KB) – download from Meat & Livestock Australia (2008)
Web-based resources
- AUSVETPLAN, Animal Health Australia
- More Beef from Pastures – Module 6: Herd health and welfare, Meat & Livestock Australia
- Risk assessment requirements and process, Livestock Production Assurance
- Seasonal forecast information, Bureau of Meteorology
- North Australian Fire Information
- Welfare of drought-affected livestock, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
- Biosecurity measures to protect property and livestock, Farm Biosecurity
- National biosecurity reference manual: grazing livestock production (2012), Farm Biosecurity
- A guide to best practice husbandry in beef cattle: Branding, castrating and dehorning (PDF, 3MB) – download from Meat & Livestock Australia (2007)
- Managing cattle in dry conditions: Pastoralists’ options and animal welfare responsibilities (PDF, 684KB), Department of Agriculture and Food (2010)
- Australian Standards and Guidelines for the Land Transport of Livestock, Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines
- Is it fit to load: a national guide to the selection of animals fits to transport (Revised edition 2012) (PDF, 2MB) – download from Meat & Livestock Australia