AHPS - extra Flashcards
List one vaccination and one worming agent in goats
Vaccination -> coopers Tasvax 5 in 1 vaccine
Worming in goats -> caprimec broad spectrum antibiotic
what is appropriate for castration of a 13 month old bull
local anesthetic and surgical castration using an emasculator
Vaccines used for beef cattle what is the main one, how administered and other used
5 in 1 -> subcutaneous Botulism (Northern AUS) BVD Tick fever Anthrax M. bovis - pinkeye
Bullock define
greater than 1 year old castrated male
What are the 3 main diseases that mainly worried about in beef production
1) Johne’s disease
2) resistant parasites -> 50eggs/g starting to worry, Give 3 in 1 or combinational on arrival to property
3) BVD
with angus beef cattle when join with angus and Charolais and why
§ Angus - Angus - heifers and 1st and 2nd calvers
□ 1. smaller calves 2. selecting replacement from calves in 2nd and 3rd calvers (best cows) and want angus cows
§ Angus - Charolais - 3rd, 4th, 5th calvers 1. heavier calf 2. heterosis -> faster growth rate
what is a normal weight of a beef calf and when weaned in northern and southern Australia
§ Calves 30-45Kg is normal -> need to think about calving ease and shape of the calf
weaning -> 6-9 months post calving SOUTHERN
Northern -> 100Kg
Integration of Beef/sheep what are 2 main benefits and 2 main disadvantages
Benefits
1) Decrease risk in terms of pricing and income - smooth out increase and decrease in output prices
2) Cross-grazing - decrease parasites load on paddock
Disadvantages
1) Different handling techniques, fencing, yard requirements
2) Management calendar requirements are different
○ May have to change calendar due to labour requirement - decrease labour
condition scoring in beef cattle what is the scale, how determined and ideal
Condition scoring - 1-5
- Degree of fat cover around the tail head and short ribs
- IDEAL - 2-3
what is the joining rate for merino and prime lamb and what is an ideal lamb body weight
□ Merino 1 per 100 sheep
□ Prime lamb 1 per 60 sheep
- Lamb body weight -> 4-6Kg ideal
Condition scoring sheep what is the scale, what used to determine and ideal
Condition score - 1-5
- Look at the short ribs mainly
- Can also look at the fat on the backbone and rib definition
- IDEAL- 2.5-4
Genetics in sheep why are they used and what breed with merino, poll, boarder leister, doper, suffolk
1) Merino - wool, mutton possible lamb -> not great mothers average 60-90%
2) Poll - cross merino X boarder leister = second cross ewe -> ALL sold
3) Boarder leister - merino cross -> all lambs sold, females breeding
4) Doper - shed wool each year therefore used as self-shearing hobby sheep as well for meat
5) Suffolk - has black points
Lamb growth rate between birth and slaughter
250 grams per day
Pasture growth rate in summer, winter and spring
Summer - most years no growth
Winter - 10-20KgDM/ha/d
Spring - 100-120KgDM/ha/d
Gudiar what is the vaccine against, what animal used in and what is dangerous about it
- Vaccine against Mycobacterium paratuberculosis (Johne’s disease in sheep)
- DO NOT SELF INNOCULATE