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Bovine Ephemeral Fever, commonly known as 3 day sickness, is a significant disease affecting cattle in northern Australia. How 3 day sickness spreads Three-day sickness is caused by a virus […]

Barbervax, a vaccine for Barber’s Pole Worm, has recently been registered for use in Australian sheep. The Barbervax, a vaccine for Haemonchus contortus infection of sheep: attempts to extend the registration […]

The Besnoitiosis in Australian wildlife and significance to cattle project investigated Besnoitia-like organisms in nasal passages of Western Grey kangaroos to reveal that they are not Besnoitia besnoiti, the pathogen […]

With plenty of cheap cattle making their way north, it’s important to think about biosecurity to make sure the trade isn’t derailed by something preventable. Similarly, good biosecurity can make […]

What is blackleg Blackleg in cattle is a severe and often fatal disease caused by the bacterium Clostridium chauvoei, which is naturally present in the soil and the intestines of […]

The interactive bluetongue zone map provides producers with information on the distribution of bluetongue in Australia. It is made available through the National Arbovirus Monitoring Program (NAMP). Bluetonge zone map

What is botulism? Clostridium botulinum is the bacteria that causes botulism. The spores of this bacteria exist in the soil, sediment and in the intestinal tracts of healthy animals. As […]

Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) complex is a common cause of illness in feedlot cattle. It can also impact extensively managed herds. Early weaning, mixing young cattle from multiple paddocks or […]

It wasn’t even smoko time, and already the Wrights were worried. One June morning, the Wrights of Mt Spencer Station, 60 kilometres south-west of Mackay, yarded 570 shiny maiden heifers […]

The Beef CRC (2005-2012) developed a research program to identify novel tick vaccine candidates and mixtures of vaccines demonstrated promising efficacies in cattle tick challenge trials. The objective of the […]