Guard animals for livestock protection: existing and potential use in Australia
Wild dogs, foxes and domestic dogs cause major losses to the Australian livestock industry each year. These losses fall into several categories:
- livestock killed or maimed
- production losses
- predator control costs and
- social impacts.
This review discusses livestock losses in Australia and provides information and case studies for the following livestock guarding animals (LGAs):
- dogs
- alpacas
- llamas and
- donkeys
in the protection of:
- sheep
- goats and
- poultry.
This publication is also available in print from the bookshop.
| Download | ||
|---|---|---|
 |
Guard animals for livestock protection: existing and potential use in Australia | 859.7 kb |
Downloads require Adobe Acrobat Reader