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OzAg Data exchange

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

The Australian AgriFood Data Exchange has a vision to create an interconnected data highway for Australia’s AgriFood value chain.Following industry consultation, prioritised use cases of the Australian AgriFood Data Exchange include reducing the burden of regulatory compliance, identifying and anticipating biosecurity risks, benchmarking performance to inform decision making, and bringing...

30 Jun 2021 - 30 Jun 2022

New South Wales, Australia

Romani Digital FarmAustralian Digital logo
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Romani Digital FarmAustralian Digital

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

Digital farms are important for the longevity of Australian red meat supply chains, whether that be to inform consumers of our credentials (CN30 and Beef Sustainability initiative) or to improve business productivity. This project is the second digital farm to be rolled out and will focus on installation requirements, farm...

23 Oct 2019 - 1 Jun 2023

New South Wales, Australia

Modernisation of national saleyard integrity and assurance logo
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Modernisation of national saleyard integrity and assurance

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

A modernised, national approach to saleyard integrity assurance is required which aligns with contemporary regulatory, industry and customer expectations in relation to how saleyards are managed and verified as operating consistently with those expectations. This project will create a set of standards and rules for a saleyard integrity program at...

2 Aug 2020 - 10 Jul 2022

New South Wales, Australia

Schuster Consulting Group Pty Ltd

Assessing reporting and analytical approaches in LDL logo
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Assessing reporting and analytical approaches in LDL

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

LDL is undertaking an animal health direct upload Proof of Concept (PoC) with 3 processors. The purpose of this project is to provide advice into the LDL POC around producer (and processor)reporting with the aim to develop simple reporting but delivering value. This project will include exploring scoping out how...

6 Aug 2018 - 30 Dec 2018

New South Wales, Australia

Herd Health

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Livestock Data Link module animations

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This project will deliver two "How To Guide" animation style videos to underpin the communication of Livestock Data Link (LDL) animal health and breeder data modules.

15 Mar 2020 - 30 Nov 2020

New South Wales, Australia

Anvil Media

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Advanced livestock data insights for improved producer use

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

There are a number of industry facilitated databases that collect data on livestock, carcases and animal health. Many of these databases are in the process of being linked which will provide the opportunity for enhanced feedback systems. Previous LDL research projects have demonstrated that it is possible to aggregate data...

5 Sep 2020 - 12 Aug 2021

New South Wales, Australia

University of New England (UNE)

The shelf life of Australian frozen meat logo
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The shelf life of Australian frozen meat

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

There are numerous publications on the freezing and frozen storage of meat but a lack of scientific data to support the shelf life for frozen red meat being 24 months. Some countries(e.g., Saudi Arabia) have restricted shelf life to12 months, which has disrupted the market. This project will fill that...

5 Mar 2018 - 22 Oct 2022

New South Wales, Australia

Grimsby Institute

Beef and Lamb offal survey for improving logo
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Beef and Lamb offal survey for improving

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This study investigated the occurrence and amount of bacteria in a range of Australian red meat offal, to address possible market access restrictions and open new markets. The results from this project demonstrate that the microbial quality of most Australian offal is below the maximum residue levels required for food...

15 Mar 2018 - 17 Oct 2019

New South Wales, Australia

Symbio Laboratories

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Antimicrobial resistance review

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

The main objective of this project was to collect 1000 faecal isolates from beef cattle, dairy cattle and veal calves and determine the resistance of any Salmonella, E. coli or Enterococcus isolated from the faeces to a range of antimicrobials. The prevalence of non-wild type resistance and multidrug resistance will...

30 Jul 2018 - 30 Nov 2020

New South Wales, Australia

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

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Veterinary Antimicrobial Prescribing Guidelines

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This project was established to prepare prescribing guidelines for antimicrobial use relevant to extensive cattle production, feedlot cattle production and extensive sheep production. The guidelines will be made publicly available to improve best practice management of antimicrobial resistance in Australian red meat production.

10 Jun 2019 - 30 Jun 2021

New South Wales, Australia

Australian Veterinary Association