A5018747728- Helminth infection and control
- Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health
- Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
- Pasture and Agricultural Systems
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Insect Pest Control Strategies
- Parasites and Host Interactions
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Agricultural Systems and Practices
- Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
- Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
University of New England
2008-2022
Context In Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Laos), goat numbers are rapidly growing and have the potential to improve rural economic development through income generation. Aims To implement a research program benchmark evaluate smallholder practices. Methods first year (2020), forage was facilitated formal on-the-job monthly training. Year 2 (2021), local staff were trained in inexpensive locally available veterinary treatments of goats. Mineral blocks introduced with 50% subsidy, following...
This paper reports changes in livestock weights recorded a whole-farmlet experiment, which aimed to examine the profitability and sustainability of three different pasture grazing management strategies. The assessment liveweights was considered key component measuring integrated effects farmlet-scale treatments. farmlets comprised typical regime, employed flexible rotational over eight paddocks with moderate soil fertility (farmlet B), system based on same paddock number but higher levels...
Managing infections of sheep with gastrointestinal nematode parasites (worms) and problems resistance to anthelmintic treatments continue be major challenges for graziers on the Northern Tablelands New South Wales, Australia. The whole-farmlet study grazing enterprises undertaken by Cicerone Project tested broad hypotheses that compared typical management (farmlet B), internal can more effectively managed improved nutrition A) or intensive rotational C). Further aims were identify sources...
Context The third Australian national survey on control practices for internal and external parasites of sheep, following similar surveys in 2003 2011. Aims To document current parasite attitudes, measure change to provide a benchmark against which assess future attitudes. Methods An online emailed 6460 sheep producers, with paper version supplied request. A follow up short was conducted non-response bias. Analysis by region key enterprise. Key results There were 354 250 useable responses...
The Cicerone Project conducted a grazed farmlet experiment on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, from July 2000 to December 2006, address questions raised by local graziers concerning how they might improve profitability and sustainability their grazing enterprises. This unreplicated examined three management systems at whole-farmlet scale. control (farmlet B) represented typical for region, with flexible rotational moderate inputs. A second A) also used but had higher...