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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. nodosus in association with a number of other bacteria There are many strains of D nodosus and they vary in the severity of the disease they cause In an infected flock several strains of D nodosus may be present For regulatory purposes footrot infec 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 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 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 Responsible beekeeping Bee flight paths should be above 2 metres when crossing property boundaries. This may be achieved by using a barrier such as shrubs, walls, hedges or fences. Consider other p 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 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 Understanding weather – fronts, troughs and ridges Paul Carberry Advisory Officer Climatology, Extensive Industries Development, Tamworth Fronts A front is the boundary between two air masses 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