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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. 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 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 It is responsible for initiating over 90 per cent of all flystrike The adult fly is metallic greenbronze in colour Body length is 9 mm Lucilia adult The larvae maggots of Lucilia are smooth and cream coloured When full size they are about 13 mm long This Primefact shows how the introduction of the NLIS has provided beef producers with a means of obtaining and utilising individual carcase feedback from processors Why carcase information is important It is becoming increasingly important for beef 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 Pasture assessment and livestock production Alan Bell Former Technical Specialist (Temperate Grazing This Primefact was compiled in part from the PROGRAZE 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 LIBRARYTHURSDAY,JULY 2FRIDAY,JULY 3SATURDAY,JULY 4SUNDAY,JULY 5Hillman Library8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.noon–9 p.m.Archives Service Center*Special Collections9 a.m.–4:45 p.m.Business LibraryChemi 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 Note This Primefact provides a brief overview of liver fluke. For more detailed information including Treatment and prevention Treatment is by use of flukicides – anthelmintics effective against 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 July 11 – 15, 2019 July 11 – 15, 2019 What is the National Youth Gathering? A 5-day convention where 30,000 youth meet for: Games, activities & seminars Service Projects Mass Events & Worship