Standard operating procedures for the use of cattle in research and teaching
The Standard Operating Procedures below relate to a range of procedures involving dairy and/or beef cattle used in research and teaching.
- Administration of intra-ruminal devices
- Artificial Insemination
- Branding
- Calf marking
- Castration
- Collection of blood
- Collection of faeces
- Collection of milk
- Collection of mucosal scrapings
- Collection of ruminal fluid
- Collection of saliva
- Collection of semen (artificial vagina)
- Collection of semen (electro-ejaculation)
- Collection of urine
- Confinement of sheep or cattle for metabolic studies
- Dehorning
- Dipping, spraying
- Drenching, mouthing
- Embryo collection and transfer
- Euthanasia
- Fat sampling
- Feeding and grazing trials
- Fistulation of rumen
- Foot trimming
- Measurement of body weight or livestock gain
- Measurement of temperature
- Mustering, yarding,drafting
- Oestrus synchronisation
- Palpatation of genitalia
- Penning
- Pregnancy testing
- Preparation of cattle for shows
- Restraint and inspection
- Sentinel herd monitoring
- Serving capacity tests
- Tethering
- Ultrasound assessment of body composition
- Ultrasound examination of reproductive tract
- Vaccination