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Feedlot Best Practice Management - Pregnant Heifers

Project start date: 01 October 2017
Project end date: 27 May 2018
Publication date: 04 October 2018
Project status: Completed
Livestock species: Grainfed cattle
Relevant regions: National
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Summary

​The Feedlot Best Practice Management Guide for Managing Pregnant Heifers was developed to assist the managers and health personnel of Australian feedlots to develop protocols to manage the welfare and financial consequences of pregnant livestock, calving heifers, and newborn calves within the lot feeding sector. The manual in hard copy format is available to all NFAS accredited feedlots and MLA grain-fed members.

More information

Project manager: Joseph McMeniman
Primary researcher: Swans Veterinary Services