PDF-FEBRUARY 2007 PRIMEFACT 525 (REPLACES AGFACT P2.4.3)

Pastures for horses Hugh Allan Former District Agronomist Rod Hoare Former State Equine Veterinary Officer Carol Rose District Agronomist Extensive Industries Development Kempsey Introduction. 52 Smallscale poultry keeping feeding Greg Poole Former Livestock Officer Poultry Products Nutrients Fowls have a simple digestive tract like humans and therefore eat similar food such as cereals and meat Their food is composed of a number of nutrie 127 Cabbage growing Jim Murison Former District Horticulturist Tony Napier District Horticulturist Vegetables Intensive Industries Development Yanco Introduction Cabbages belong to the Cruciferae family and are related to turnips cauliflowers and bru 922 Blackleg in cattle Dr Sarah Robson Regional Animal Health Leader Animal Plant Biosecurity Wagga Wagga JM Wilson Former District Veterinarian Rural Lands Protection Board Introduction Blackleg is a fatal disease of young cattle It produces an acu 16 Smallscale poultry keeping brooding and rearing chickens Gerry Bolla Former Livestock Officer Poultry Introduction The period from hatching until the chickens no longer require supplementary heat is called the brooding period and usually lasts fo 716 Visual and manual assessment of fatness in cattle Bill McKiernan Research Leader Animal Production Production Research Orange Brian Sundstrom Former Cattle Breeding Coordinator Introduction Accurate assessment of cattle for fatness has many uses Scoring sheep for fleece rot William Murray Project Officer, e-Sheep, Rural Innovation, Trangie Dr Suzanne Mortimer Livestock Research Officer, Rural Innovation, Trangie Flystrike is a major probl Liver fluke disease in sheep and cattle Dr Joseph C. Boray Former Principal Research Scientist (Parasitology) Dr GW HutchinsonStephen Love Nationally, up to 40 million sheep and 6 million cattle graze How pasture characteristics influence sheep production Alan Bell Former Technical Specialist (Temperate Grazing Phil Graham Livestock Officer, Extensive Industries Development, Yass Col Langford Bloat Dr Sarah Robson Regional Animal Health Leader, Animal & Plant Biosecurity, Wagga Wagga What is bloat? Bloat is a risk when animals are grazing young, lush pasture, particularly if the pasture Dung beetles – working for you Sally Spence Technical Specialist Farm Product Integrity, Animal & Plant Biosecurity, Orange Introduction By rapidly burying dung pads, dung beetles reduce fly b Buffalo flies and their control Sally Spence Technical Specialist, Farm Product Integrity, Animal & Plant Biosecurity, Orange Always read the label Users of agricultural (or veterinary) chemical p Technical Officer Production Research, Orange Introduction The potential for hazelnut production in Australia to date has been largely underestimated. Australia imports over 2000 tonnes annually, wor Muscle scoring beef cattle Bill McKiernan Research Leader Animal Production, Production Introduction the most valuable part of the carcase. To help identify the red meat content in cattle, a method Scarab grubs in northern tableland pastures G.J. Goodyer Former Entomologist Dr Adrian Nicholas Entomologist, Health Science, Strategic Alliances & Evaluation, Tamworth The underground larval stag