References

References for cattle

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Year Book Australia , Australian Government Printing Service, Canberra, 1999

  2. Prachett D et al, "An evaluation of cattle types for north-western Australia", Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture , 1993, vol 33 (677-683)

  3. Anon, "Cow deaths underestimated in Central Australia", Beef Improvement News , July 1993 (21)

  4. Jubb T et al, "Estimating deaths in breeder-age female cattle in the Kimberley region of Western Australia", Australian Veterinary Journal , 1996, vol 73, 152-153)

  5. Anon, "Foetal-pelvic disproportion the main dystocia cause", Beef Improvement News , May 1993 (26)

  6. Anon, "Calving problems a complex issue", Beef Improvement News , April 1993 (27)

  7. Jones J, "HGP buyer's guide", Australian Farm Journal BEEF , July 1997 (24)

  8. Australian Dairy Corporation, "Dairy" in National Farmers Federation, Australian Agriculture (6th ed), Morescope, Hawthorn East, 1997

  9. Lay D et al, "Behavioural and physiological effects of freeze or hot iron branding of crossbred cattle", Journal of Animal Science , 1992, vol 70 (330-336)

  10. Lay D et al, "Effects of freeze or hot iron branding of Angus calves on some physiological and behavioural indicators of stress", Applied Animal Behaviour Science , 1992, vol 33 (137-147)

  11. Ralph W, "An immunoneutering vaccine", Rural Research , 1991, No 150 (9-12)

  12. Jeffery M et al, "Liveweight gains, and carcass and meat characteristics of entire, surgically spayed or immunologically spayes beef heifers", Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture , 1997, vol 37 (719-726)

  13. Fell L et al, "Stress in calves castrated surgically or by the application of rubber rings", Australian Veterinary Journal , 1986, vol 63 (16-18)

  14. Robertson I, "Effect of different methods of castration on behaviour and plasma cortisol in calves of three ages", Research in Veterinary Science , 1994, vol 56 (8-17)

  15. Senate Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs, Beef cattle feedlots in Australia , Senate Printing Unit, Canberra, Dec 1992

  16. Tarrant P, "Transportation of cattle by road", Applied Animal Behaviour Science , 1990, vol 28 (153-170)

  17. Warriss P et al, "Effects on cattle of transport by road for up to 15 hours", Veterinary Record , 1995, vol 136 (319-323)

  18. Warriss P, "The handling of cattle pre-slaughter and its effects on carcass and meat quality", Applied Animal Behaviour Science , 1990, vol 28 (171-186)

  19. Anon, "Mad cow disease - the risk in the US", Good Medicine , Summer 1996 (9-13)

  20. Rifkin J, Beyond Beef - the Rise and Fall of the Cattle Culture , Viking, Ringwood, 1992