You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
The young Bruce Arnold is a cattleman who takes the reins of his parents' cattle station in north Queensland's dry tropics. Will it all come together in the way that he hopes?
None
Losses between confirmed pregnancy and weaning (calf wastage) have been identified as one of the most important problems confronting the beef industry in northern Australia. A list of management interventions likely to reduce calf wastage was developed from the findings of a recent scientific review, PhD, and scientific papers describing the factors contributing to calf wastage. An expert opinion workshop was held to map out the proximate and more distal factors affecting calf wastage. From this, causal webs were developed to facilitate assessment of the impact of listed management interventions. A basic economic model was then developed to estimate the impact of each intervention on beef br...
This manual is intended as an update of the 2003 publication "Evaluating and Reporting Bull Fertility", edited by Keith Entwistle and Geoffry Fordyce. Published by the Australian Association of Cattle Veterinarians - now the Australian Cattle Veterinarians (ACV) - this has been the yardstick used by Australian cattle veterinarians evaluating the fertility of bulls. But both science and society have evolved over the last ten years. The body of knowledge surrounding the evaluation of bull breeding soundness has increased, with new diseases, new diagnostic tests, and new understandings.