Projects

Feedlot animal welfare benchmarking

Continuous improvement of animal welfare is essential for maintaining consumer and community support for grain-fed beef. This proposes to develop a framework for internal animal welfare benchmarking for the Australian feedlot industry.

Project date

28 Nov 2019 - 28 Mar 2022

Principal investigator

Joseph McMeniman

Research organisation

The University of Melbourne

Project funded by

Organisation

Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

Research funding body

MLA’s purpose is to foster the long-term prosperity of the Australian red meat and livestock industry.

We do this by:

Delivering research and development that contributes to producer profitability, sustainability and global competitiveness
Growing demand for red meat in Australia and overseas

MLA is a public company limited by guarantee....

New South Wales, Australia