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Full-Text Articles in Meat Science
Breeding For Improved Feed Conversion Efficiency, Alan Lymbery
Breeding For Improved Feed Conversion Efficiency, Alan Lymbery
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Alan Lymbery reports on a trial that has started at Vasse Research Atation to investigate the impact of genetic improvement on feed conversion efficiency on costs of production.
Finishing Kimberley Cattle In The South-West, Brian L. Mcintyre, Bill Ryan, Neville Macintyre
Finishing Kimberley Cattle In The South-West, Brian L. Mcintyre, Bill Ryan, Neville Macintyre
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
The idea of integrating the Kimberley cattle industry with that in the south-west of Western Australia is no new, but until recently it had not been critically evaluated.
Over the past eight years the Department of Agriculture's Beef Cattle Branch has been assessing the performance of Kimberley cattle transported south for finishing in the agricultural areas.
This research has show that Kimberley weaners can be finished in the south, and that under the present (December 1988) economic conditions it is more profitable than running breeding cattle in the south-west and comparable with fattening store steers.
Prospects For Leucaena On The Ord, D Pratchett, Tim Triglone
Prospects For Leucaena On The Ord, D Pratchett, Tim Triglone
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
For the past few years, the Department of Agriculture has been fattening cattle on the forage shrub leucaena which is grown under irrigation with pangola grass. About 400ha of leucaena is under commercial production in the Kimberley.
Cattle grazing leucaena show promising growth rates but other problems need to be overcome before its use is more widely adopted. Leucaena establishes slowly. It is also costly to transport fattened cattle to southern abbatoirs.
Rejections Of Sheep And Lamb Carcasses Are Costly, R H. Wroth, R. J. Suiter
Rejections Of Sheep And Lamb Carcasses Are Costly, R H. Wroth, R. J. Suiter
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
A 1976 survey of more than 48 000 sheep and 25 000 lambs slaughtered at two of Western Australia's export abattoirs has indicated a high rejection rate for W.A. carcasses. Rejections may be for disfiguring, blemishes requiring trimming or for diseases which can lead to condemnation.
Savings that producers can make by simple management changes, could thus save the industry $3.12 million a year. Reduction in other causes of rejection or further reduction in some of those mentioned id feasible but requires more research and may be more difficult to achieve.
Low Protein Rations Halve Bacon Pig Profits, N W. Godfrey
Low Protein Rations Halve Bacon Pig Profits, N W. Godfrey
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
For many years the department of agriculture has recommended that pig producers include meat meal or other protein concentrate in pig rations based on cereal grains. However, it is still common for pigs to be raised on cereal grains with little or no protein added.
Recent trials at the Department of Agriculture's Medina Pig Research Station have demonstrated the losses which can result from feeding pigs on low-protein cereal rations.
Meat Marketing : The L.I.P.C. And Japan's Meat Import Controls, G C. George
Meat Marketing : The L.I.P.C. And Japan's Meat Import Controls, G C. George
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
hardly a week passes without some reference to Japan's Livestock Industry Promotion Corperation (L.I.P.C.), and its effect on Australian meat exporters.
This article describes some of the functions of the L.I.P.C., and attempts to provide some insights into the Japanese meat market. The author, Gil George, recently returned from Japan after completing a Master's degree in Economics.