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Effect of lairage timing and duration on rumen physiology and muscle glycogen logo
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Effect of lairage timing and duration on rumen physiology and muscle glycogen

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This project will determine if the duration and timing of lairage have an effect on rumen physiology, muscle glycogen levels, and carcase characteristics. This experiment will guide future recommendations for best practice dispatch and lairage of grain fed cattle.

15 Mar 2018 - 30 Jul 2018

New South Wales, Australia

Bovine Dynamics

Heat load forecast service 2018-19 logo
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Heat load forecast service 2018-19

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

PROJECT: This project covers the operating costs of trialling the heat load forecast service (CHLT) for the 2018-19financial year, incorporating daily operation of the service, including issuing alerts, plus Heat Load Data Network (HLDN) data acquisition, quality assurance and integration into the forecasts. It will also implement some upgrades to...

15 Oct 2018 - 30 Sep 2019

New South Wales, Australia

Weather Intelligence Pty Ltd

Evaluation of feedlot heat load model adjustments logo
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Evaluation of feedlot heat load model adjustments

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

To follow on from a previous Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) project, which found that accumulated heat load units significantly altered the heat load response of feedlot cattle, this study conducted further evaluation of the heat load at two south-east Queensland feedlots. The primary aim of this project was to...

1 Mar 2019 - 15 Jan 2020

New South Wales, Australia

The University of Queensland (UQ)

Feedlot energy efficiency and cost reduction logo
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Feedlot energy efficiency and cost reduction

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This project will update the current energy use practices and costs in the Australian feedlot industry. This will include how energy is generated/sourced, used, and any energy efficiency/re-use measures already in place, utilizing previous data and literature.

15 Oct 2018 - 1 Nov 2019

New South Wales, Australia

All Energy Pty Ltd

Quarterly Feed E-Newsletter logo
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Quarterly Feed E-Newsletter

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

The Quarterly Feed is a central communications platform and is distributed four times per year, to provide updates to feedlot stakeholders on current and completed feedlot R&D projects that are funded by grain fed levies through Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) in consultation with ALFA. It also promotes adoption of...

1 Nov 2018 - 1 Oct 2020

New South Wales, Australia

Cox Inall Communications

Grain Fed Finished (GFF) standard implementation logo
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Grain Fed Finished (GFF) standard implementation

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This project will support the introduction of the new Grain Fed Finished (GFF) standard, being introduced within the National Feedlot Accreditation Scheme (NFAS) and the AUS-MEAT Language, by developing a series of articles and imagery that will be used to communicate the changes to industry stakeholders during the implementation phase.

20 Nov 2018 - 30 Jun 2019

New South Wales, Australia

Currie Communications Pty Ltd

Animal health and welfare workshops logo
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Animal health and welfare workshops

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) has invested in a suite of projects to develop and present animal health and welfare workshop materials, to deliver the latest information on animal health and welfare management to feedlot producers on an annual basis.

1 Apr 2019 - 30 Sep 2019

New South Wales, Australia

ALFA-Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Heat load management workshops logo
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ALFA-Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Heat load management workshops

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This project will deliver a series of 8 workshops to the feedlot community during August 2019,providing industry participants with the latest information available on managing summer heat load in feedlot cattle.

6 Aug 2019 - 15 Mar 2020

New South Wales, Australia

Gympie Veterinary Services

ALFA–Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Heat load management workshops logo
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ALFA–Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Heat load management workshops

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This project will deliver a series of workshops to the feedlot community, providing industry participants with the latest information available on managing summer heat load in feedlot cattle. The workshops will be run during August 2019.

6 Aug 2019 - 15 Mar 2020

New South Wales, Australia

Jeff House Livestock

Comparison NFAS and live export welfare logo
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Comparison NFAS and live export welfare

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This project reviewed and identified several areas of live export welfare that industry, FLIAC and AUS-MEAT could address over two years (2019 and 2020). These largely relate to incorporating some of the existing industry initiatives into the National Feedlot Accreditation Scheme (NFAS), increasing the level of verification during an audit...

1 Jun 2019 - 31 Jan 2020

New South Wales, Australia

Agricircle Pty Ltd