Feeding and nutrition of livestock
Drought feeding
General management, plus feeding of specific livestock, monitoring stock water and assessing pasture during drought.
IN THIS SECTION
- Information by species
Beef & dairy cattle, horses, pigs, poultry and sheep. - Pastures & rangelands
Pasture species and varieties, pasture establishment and management, and the arid and semi-arid rangelands. - Poisoning & other problems
Poisonings, plant toxicity and other feeding problems. - Feeding in emergencies
Feeding livestock during drought and after floods. - Feeding practices
Drought feeding, feedlotting, creep feeding, full and supplementary feeding. - Costs & nutritive value
Buying feed on price and nutritive value, cost calculators and nutritive values of feeds. - Safety of feeds
Stock feed requirements, vendor declarations, BSE ("mad cow disease") and chemical residues. - Stock feeds
Range of feeds suitable for stock, including pastures. - Stock water
Stock water requirements and quality. - Research
The role of Diagnostic and Analytical Services (DAS) is to provide quality assured laboratory testing services in the fields of veterinary pathology, analytical chemistry and plant health.
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Drying feed samples for evaluation
Tools
- Feed cost calculator
Compares the value of feeds on an energy and crude protein basis. The user selects a range of common feeds and is then provided with estimated values for energy, protein etc. - Nutritional value of feeds
(Feed evaluation database)
The nutritional value of feeds database contains the results of tests conducted on animal feeds over many years.