3727 research projects
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LIVEXCollect digital
LiveCorp
LIVEXCollect is a data collection, management and analysis platform for the livestock export industry. As the mandatory reporting tool for pre-export quarantine feedlots, voyages by sea and air journeys, it captures information about the livestock's behaviour and condition, voyage conditions, and management practices which may affect animal welfare. With funding...
31 May 2021 - 30 Jun 2024
New South Wales, Australia
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Validating HSRA data for shipping routes crossing the equator
LiveCorp
The heat stress risk assessment (HSRA) model used by the livestock export industry ahead of each voyage from Australia uses historical weather data for shipping routes and ports to determine the likelihood of hot and humid weather. It allows exporters to adjust the number of livestock loaded based on the...
21 Sep 2020 - 1 Nov 2022
New South Wales, Australia
Research project
HSRA Upgrade
LiveCorp
The livestock export industry uses a Heat Stress Risk Assessment (HSRA) model before each voyage, to adjust the number of sheep and cattle on a ship based on factors such as age and breed of the animals, time of year, departure and destination ports, and expected weather along the route....
22 Dec 2020 - 30 Dec 2021
New South Wales, Australia
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Best practice manual and training package for livestock exports by air
LiveCorp
This project developed a comprehensive best practice manual and training package that addresses animal welfare management, current air freight best practice procedures and regulatory requirements for the livestock air export process.
20 Apr 2021 - 1 Jun 2022
New South Wales, Australia
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Improved uptake of training and animal health and welfare practices
LiveCorp
This project identified training opportunities in the livestock export supply chain and developed a strategy to increase uptake of best practice animal health and welfare practices.
15 Aug 2021 - 30 Apr 2022
New South Wales, Australia
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Improving regulatory efficiency and consistency through standardised export declarations
LiveCorp
This project developed standardised documentation for declarations required for Australian livestock export.
13 Aug 2021 - 31 Jan 2022
New South Wales, Australia
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Economic Analysis of Regulation in the Livestock Export Industry
LiveCorp
Livestock exporters must adhere to substantial regulatory requirements set by the Australian government, and the cost of compliance impacts the industry’s commercial competitiveness in overseas markets. This project will map, identify and explore opportunities where the business costs incurred by livestock exporters could be better aligned, to address risks and...
31 Aug 2021 - 30 Jun 2022
New South Wales, Australia
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Animal welfare indicators pilot for the live export industry
LiveCorp
In recognition of the need for the livestock export industry to move beyond mortality as a measure of performance, this project was established to identify and test animal welfare indicators through the supply chain. The indicators that were developed cover resource-, animal- and management-based measures.
31 Jul 2017 - 1 May 2021
New South Wales, Australia
Research project
Moth Borers - how are we going to manage them when they arrive?
Sugar Research Australia (SRA)
Moth borers represent one of Australia’s most significant biosecurity threats, being common throughout Southeast Asia, including Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. In these areas moth borers are not successfully controlled and they represent a significant productivity constraint (up to 20% yield reduction). An incursion of moth borers is considered a...
1 Jul 2018 - 1 Aug 2021
Queensland, Australia
Sugar Research Australia (SRA)
Research project
Environmental risk assessment and life cycle assessment of raw sugar manufacturing
Sugar Research Australia (SRA)
Life cycle assessment (LCA) measures the environmental impacts in all stages of a product's life, from raw material through processing, manufacture, distribution and use, including greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This project has two stages - to assess the environmental risks in the whole sugarcane supply chain, review past sugar LCAs...
16 Nov 2020 - 1 Dec 2022
Queensland, Australia