Beef cattle Research project Evaluation of feedlot heat load model adjustments To follow on from a previous Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) project, which found that accumulated heat load units significantly … Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 1 Mar 2019 - 15 Jan 2020 Research organisation The University of Queensland (UQ)
Beef cattle Automation Research project Prototype feedlot biometric system This project will develop a cost effective automated system to capture biometrics on large numbers of diverse feedlot cattle, enabling … Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 1 Feb 2019 - 30 Oct 2020 Research organisation Manabotix Pty Ltd
Beef cattle Research project Evaluation of a Mycobacterium cell wall This project will investigate the potential of an innate immune stimulating compound, a Mycobacterium cell wall fraction, to provide short … Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 1 Feb 2019 - 15 Dec 2021 Research organisation Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Beef cattle Automation Research project Prototype feed truck auto delivery refinements Previous Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) research delivered a world first technology that is retrofittable to commercial grade feed trucks … Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 14 Jan 2019 - 30 Oct 2019 Research organisation Manabotix Pty Ltd
Beef cattle Research project Development of a novel oral vaccine for Bovine Respiratory Disease This project will determine whether an oral vaccine platform can induce specific immunity for bovine respiratory disease in cattle. If … Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 1 Jan 2019 - 15 Nov 2021 Research organisation The University of Sydney (USYD)
Beef cattle Research project Calibration of a remote early disease identification system for Australian feedlots This project evaluated data from two Australian feedlots to determine potential associations between behaviour, lung condition(pleurisy) and carcase outcomes … Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 1 Nov 2018 - 2 Mar 2020
Beef cattle Research project Effect of liver defects on carcase characteristics, performance and health This project will examine the effect of liver defects on carcase characteristics, performance and health of feedlot cattle. It is … Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 1 Nov 2018 - 3 Nov 2021 Research organisation The University of Queensland (UQ)
Beef cattle Automation Research project Prototype automatic feed bunk management The goal of this project is to develop algorithms to determine daily feed allocation for feedlot cattle. Up to the … Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 15 Oct 2018 - 1 Feb 2020 Research organisation Manabotix Pty Ltd
Beef cattle Research project Heat load forecast service 2018-19 PROJECT: This project covers the operating costs of trialling the heat load forecast service (CHLT) for the 2018-19financial year, … Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 15 Oct 2018 - 30 Sep 2019
Beef cattle Consumer health Research project Antimicrobial resistance surveillance of bovine respiratory disease pathogens This project conducted pilot surveillance of resistance of bovine respiratory disease (BRD) pathogens to common veterinary antimicrobial agents across seven … Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 1 Sep 2018 - 28 Feb 2020 Research organisation The University of Adelaide (UA)
Beef cattle Research project Clean cattle manual This project will develop the requested manual will develop a manual that outlines available solutions that different feedlots(small, medium … Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 15 Jun 2018 - 3 Mar 2019
Beef cattle Automation Research project Feasibility of induction automation R&D This project with establish the feasibility of a feedlot Integrated Automation Development Facility (IADF), which can be used to evaluate … Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 1 Jun 2018 - 3 Mar 2019 Research organisation University of Southern Queensland (USQ)
Beef cattle Research project Effect of lairage timing and duration on rumen physiology and muscle glycogen This project will determine if the duration and timing of lairage have an effect on rumen physiology, muscle glycogen levels, … Funded by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Project date 15 Mar 2018 - 30 Jul 2018