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S Scotch Illyrian and stemless thistle Weed Management Unit NSW DPI Introduction T Onopordum species thistles present in AT outh Wales N x2022 Scotch Onopordum acanthium x2022 Illyrian Ono. 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 It is caused by bacteria called Leptospira There are over 200 different strains of Leptospira found worldwide with infections being most prominent in areas that have a hot and humid climate Leptospirosis is considered an occupational hazard for man 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 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 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 How pasture characteristics influence sheep production Alan Bell Former Technical Specialist (Temperate Grazing Phil Graham Livestock Officer, Extensive Industries Development, Yass Col Langford Trees for carbon sequestrationIan Johnson and Rebecca Coburn Climate in Primary Industries, Forest Science Centre, West Pennant Hills Carbon sequestration Carbon dioxide equivalents (CO universal st DrenchPlan - the basics Stephen Love Veterinarian/State coordinator-internal parasites, Armidale Dr John Evers District Veterinarian Rural Lands Protection Board, Young NSW DrenchPlan is the re 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 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 Basic pig husbandry the litter Greg Roese and Graeme Taylor Livestock Officers Pigs Intensive Industries Development, Tamworth The weak or smaller pigs can remain. They can be physically held to t