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Lot Feeding Of Beef Cattle. 5. Feed Lots And Animal Health, W J O Wilkie
Lot Feeding Of Beef Cattle. 5. Feed Lots And Animal Health, W J O Wilkie
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
BRINGING cattle from various sources together in a feed lot makes them more liable to disease than they would be in the open paddock.
Precautions, careful selection, prevention and vaccination can reduce the risk of disease and the possible need for treatment during the feed lot fattening period.
Remarkable Success Of Bovine T.B. Eradication Campaign, J Shilkin
Remarkable Success Of Bovine T.B. Eradication Campaign, J Shilkin
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Less than 20 years ago Perth dairy herds had the highest T.B. incidence of any Australian capital city and half of the Kalgoorlie cattle had the disease.
Why this was so and how the eradication campaign has reduced the incidence of less than 0.3 per cent, in 128,000 cattle is discussed in this article.
Good Facilities Help T.B. Testing, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Good Facilities Help T.B. Testing, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Owner co-operation is needed for the smooth working of the tuberclin testing of cattle, compulsory in the South-West Land Division.
This article describes suitable facilities for the testing and how they operate.