Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publisher
Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
City
Perth
Publication Date
24-7-2007
Keywords
Feedlot profit, lamb growth rate, Q-lamb, Sheep, Heat load, Physiology, Feed intake, beef, “rumen safe”, high energy feed, Fine tip selection algorithm, Fine tip wool, skin comfort, forward contracts, auction, focus groups, structural equation modelling, stability, genetics
Disciplines
Animal Diseases | Biosecurity | Comparative Nutrition | Data Storage Systems | Fiber, Textile, and Weaving Arts | Genetics | Sheep and Goat Science
Abstract
This session covers six papers from different authors:
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
FINISHING LAMB AND BEEF
1. Precision Feedlot Lamb, Ian McFarland, Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
2. Feeding sheep under high heat load did not decrease intake of feedlot rations, Catherine Stockman, Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia & Murdoch University, Anne Barnes, Murdoch University David Pethick, Murdoch University
3. Taking the stress out of fifishing lambs and cattle - EasyFeed solutions, Jenny Davis, Brett Thomson, Milne AgriGroup, Welshpool WA, Ron Leng, Emeritus Professor, University of New England, Armidale, NSW
WOOL
4. DAFWA algorithm selects Western Australian fine tip wool from auction, Sara Pieruzzini Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
5. Why is adoption of forward contracts by Western Australian producers so limited? Elizabeth Jackson, Mohammed Quaddus, Curtin University of Technology, Nazrul Islam, Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia, John Stanton, Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia, Curtin University of Technology
6. Genetic programs and the imposition of contract supply conditions on wool fibre diameter, John Stanton, Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia, Curtin University of Technology, Melanie Dowling, Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia
Recommended Citation
McFarland, I,
Stockman, C,
Barnes, A,
Pethick, D,
Davis, J,
Thompson, B,
Leng, R,
Pieruzzini, S,
Jackson, E,
Quaddus, M,
Islam, N,
Stanton, J,
and
Dowling, M.
(2007), Sheep Updates 2007 - part 2. Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia, Perth. Conference Proceeding.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/sheep_conf/35
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Animal Diseases Commons, Biosecurity Commons, Comparative Nutrition Commons, Data Storage Systems Commons, Fiber, Textile, and Weaving Arts Commons, Genetics Commons, Sheep and Goat Science Commons
Comments
GRAZING BEEF
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