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Formulating a research pathway to provide new options for flystrike control logo
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Formulating a research pathway to provide new options for flystrike control

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This project will review past research on flystrike control methods and identify if modern scientific advances can provide new motivation to past approaches. Recommendations for future research programmes into flystrike control will also be made.

1 Jul 2019 - 1 Sep 2021

New South Wales, Australia

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Impact of Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Animal Health and Welfare logo
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Impact of Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Animal Health and Welfare

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

The purpose of this impact review was to evaluate the anticipated benefit and profitability of on-farm R&D investments within Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)'s Animal Health and Welfare program. This review focused on the impact for on-farm profitability and did not include consideration of environmental or social benefits.

28 Feb 2019 - 1 Feb 2020

New South Wales, Australia

AusVet Pty Ltd

Peer review of research on Numnuts tool logo
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Peer review of research on Numnuts tool

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This project was a desk top review of Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) funded research related to the development of NUMNUTS® and other work related to the use of local anaesthetic for castration.

29 Mar 2019 - 30 Jul 2019

New South Wales, Australia

Michael Laurence

Reducing foetal and lamb losses in young logo
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Reducing foetal and lamb losses in young

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This project will determine the extent and timing of reproductive wastage during ewe pregnancy and between birth and marking and identify opportunities for addressing reproductive wastage. It will also determine whether infectious diseases are associated with foetal losses and the potential role of nutrition and management as part of a...

1 Jan 2018 - 31 Jul 2022

New South Wales, Australia

Murdoch University

Risk factors, treatment and prevention options for pink eye disease in cattle logo
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Risk factors, treatment and prevention options for pink eye disease in cattle

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

Pinkeye can cause permanent blindness, impacting reproduction rates, workplace health and safety, and animal welfare. This project will estimate the prevalence, identify risk factors and compare the effectiveness of currently available treatments and vaccine for pinkeye disease for the Australian red meat industry.

1 Aug 2018 - 30 Dec 2021

New South Wales, Australia

The University of Sydney (USYD)

On-farm faecal worm egg count proof of principle logo
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On-farm faecal worm egg count proof of principle

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

The project will examine the feasibility of designing a new device which will enable the determination of faecal worm egg counts on farm, using existing magnifying equipment and new image recognition software.

20 Apr 2018 - 1 Oct 2018

New South Wales, Australia

Solentive Systems Pty Ltd

Development and evaluation of approaches to cost-effective testing of beef herds for Johne's disease logo
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Development and evaluation of approaches to cost-effective testing of beef herds for Johne's disease

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

The overall aim of the project is to investigate ways in which the cost to beef producers of herd screening tests for Johne's Disease can be reduced without sacrificing accuracy, or compromising the Johne’s Beef Assurance Scheme (J-BAS) status of a herd.

1 May 2018 - 1 Sep 2019

New South Wales, Australia

The University of Sydney (USYD)

Vectors and epidemiology of Theileria logo
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Vectors and epidemiology of Theileria

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This research will determine which of the biting flies, ticks and lice affecting cattle in the Northern Tablelands are effective transmitters of Theileria orientalis. It will also indicate the main types of Theileria orientalis present in this region and their relative prevalence.

1 Apr 2018 - 1 Apr 2021

New South Wales, Australia

University of New England (UNE)

The potential for vaccines against gastrointestinal nematodes of small ruminants logo
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The potential for vaccines against gastrointestinal nematodes of small ruminants

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This project reviewed past and current research investments into vaccines addressing scour-worms, to identify and reduce production losses in the livestock industry and maintain capacity and capability in parasitological research. The study also helped provide reasons for why an effective and efficient vaccine has still not been developed.

1 Jul 2018 - 31 Mar 2019

New South Wales, Australia

The University of Sydney (USYD)

Strategic and novel approaches to reducing flystrike in sheep logo
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Strategic and novel approaches to reducing flystrike in sheep

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

This project conducted an extensive review of flystrike control and technological developments to produce a new strategy for the sheep industry that identifies future pathways of investigation that are likely to provide the greatest impact. An integrated portfolio of work outlined in the final report provides producers with the tools...

1 Apr 2019 - 6 Jun 2020

New South Wales, Australia

Nextgen Agri Limited