April 24th, 2009 | 
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2009 Conference …Livestock Reproduction, today & tomorrow
8-12 July 2009 Marriot Hotel & Spa Surfers Paradise
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AHA is calling on producers to nominate for the inaugural Farm Biosecurity Award. We want producers to step forward and be rewarded for their exemplary biosecurity practice. AHA members can also nominate someone they think is doing a fantastic job.
Straight forward selection criteria simplify the nominations process; simply follow the steps to nominate a producer, producer group or yourself. The winner will receive a $2,000 cheque and a hand crafted glass trophy to be presented at the Awards presentation in Canberra on 19 September 2009.
The Farm Biosecurity Award is one of the five awards being presented in the inaugural Australian Rural & Outback Awards to recognise the incredible achievements of people and their communities across rural and remote Australia.
The Farm Biosecurity Award provides a terrific opportunity to celebrate biosecurity and encourage all producers to embrace good biosecurity practices on-farm.
Nomination forms are available at www.awardsaustralia.com or by calling 1300 735 445. Don’t miss out, nominations close on 10th July 2009.
Congratulations to the New Zealand vets who won the bid to host the 2010 IDF International Mastitis Conference to be held in March 2010 in Christchurch !
Calls for papers and abstracts are now open - for more details visit http://www.idfmastitis2010.com/
Pfizer Animal Health have provided the attached handout which can be given to farmers who use Teatseal to ensure best practice and minimise the chance of rproduct entering milk for processing.
Please see the article in the June 2009 edition of the ACV Journal for further details.
To download the pdf file, click here.
You are invited to a day seminar where experts in the control of cattle tick and tick related diseases will present their current strategies and findings.
Date 1st July 2009
Venue Gold Coast International Hotel 7 Staghorn Avenue Surfers Paradise QLD 4217
This is the day before the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists “Science Week” and is at the same venue. Read the rest of this entry »
The 2010 Australian Cattle Veterinarians conference will be held at the Alice Springs Convention Center from 21-24 April 2010.
The theme will be “How to Treat”. Further information on the program & social events as it comes to hand.
On Sunday 12 July 2009, ACV will hold a special bovine ultrasound workshop for members who have graduated since 2004 at UQ Pinjarra Hills
Places will be strictly limited. Please register asap to avoid disappoint. Download the us-workshop-flier which contains the registration form to be returned to the ACV office.
A letter received at the ACV Office and posted here for the benefit of members …
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I would like to draw your attention to a nationwide workshop series that will be conducted by Southern Beef Technology Services (SBTS) & Tropical Beef Technology Services (TBTS) during June & July 2009 (with support from Beef CRC). As you may be aware, SBTS is a joint initiative of MLA, ABRI and 14 Southern Australian Breed Societies while TBTS is a joint initiative of MLA, ABRI & 9 Northern Australian Breed Societies. The objective of both projects is to increase the use and awareness of genetic technologies such as BREEDPLAN.
Dairy Safety: A Practical Guide is a 44 page publication which provides straightforward information for dairy farmers. The dairy safety guide covers the following topics: safety, confined spaces - milk vats and grain silos, effluent, chemicals, zoonoses, traffic, children, manual handling, electricity, working at heights, asbestos and cooling towers.
Worksafe have kindly allowed us to host this document on our site. If you would like hard copies of it, you can phone them and they will post them free of charge if they have stocks remaining. Details at http://www.worksafe.vic.gov.au (search for Dairy Safety)
Click on the image to download the pdf file.
Beef Cattle Handling: A Practical Safety Guide is a 40 page publication for beef producers, the stud beef industry and employees in beef cattle sectors such as meat cattle, combined sheep with cattle, combined meat cattle with cereal grains, grazing, farming or breeding animals.
Guide Aims:
- To provide information on cattle handling to people who are inexperienced or new to the industry and to experienced operators to help them train others in safe cattle handling
- To explain the importance of having safe yards and handling facilities and to provide practical ideas to make existing yards safer and to ensure safety features are considered and included in the design of new facilities
- To give reminders about health issues associated with zoonotic diseases and handling chemicals in yards.
Worksafe have kindly allowed us to host this document on our site. If you would like hard copies of it, you can phone them and they will post them free of charge i they have stocks remaining. Details at http://www.worksafe.vic.gov.au (searc h for Beef Safety)
Click on the image to download the pdf file.
Animal Health Australia has askedto let members know about recent developments in the Johnes Disease Market Assurance Program (MAP)
Please see attached document for full information map_
The dairy industry has issued an alert concerning the extreme heat stress. We have been asked by Dairy Australia to assist in alerting cattle practitioners to the forecast of continuing extreme conditions and likelihood of heat stress. A copy of the Issue Alert is attached for the information of ACV members so you know what the general public and farmers are being told. Read the rest of this entry »
The “Calf scours in southern beef enterprises” project was initiated and fully funded by Meat & Livestock Australia following concern from beef producers that there was little consistent information available on the prevention, control or treatment of neonatal calf diarrhoea (NCD) in Australian pastoral suckler beef enterprises. The technical information and supporting tools have been put together following a comprehensive literature review to ensure the content covers the latest science and current thinking. They have been evaluated by a team of producers and beef veterinarians to ensure they reflect current best practice farm management and are consistent with other MLA extension programs- notably More Beef from Pastures (MBfP).
A review by the Reference Advisory Group on Fermentative Acidosis of Ruminants (RAGFAR) is available for download.
This document was produced as part of Dairy Australia’s feed.fibre.future program.
A new version of Bull Reporter II is available for download.
Click the “Check for Updates” button from within Bull Reporter to download it.
