Resources

Vaccinations are an important part of disease prevention in an animal health program. Read more about key vaccines used in Queensland.

Find out how to use NLIS as a management tool to support your business decisions, i.e. linking NLIS tags to animal performance measures.

Vaccines can be used to protect livestock from a number of diseases thereby improving the overall health of the herd and increase productivity. However, using vaccines requires a…
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Dehorning is the removal of the horns from cattle. Read more about the benefits, animal age and condition, hygiene and different methods available.

A summary of the key methods of castrating cattle: surgical, elastrator rings and Burdizzo.

Rearing a newborn calf can be extremely challenging and requires much patience and commitment. The key to success is keeping the calf in a comfortable environment, well fed…
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Many producers believe they can pick when their cattle are affected by worms. This may be so, but there are many other circumstances that cause animals to look…
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Internal parasites can profoundly impact the health and liveweight gain of livestock. There are three broad groups of worms: roundworms, flukes and tapeworms. Knowing what type of worm your animals have will help you to design an effective worm control program.

Find out more about diseases and parasites that can affect cattle in northern Australia, including tips on diagnosing diseases and nutritional deficiencies.

Find out about beef cattle health: vaccines and vaccination programs, diagnosing disease and deficiencies, diseases of cattle, zoonoses, identifying and treating parasites, feed-related poisoning, nutritional deficiencies, etc.