Livestock & animals

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development supply chain support, research and development and rigorous biosecurity systems underpin the economic success of Western Australia’s livestock industries. In 2011/12, the WA livestock industries contributed 26% of the state’s agriculture, fisheries and forestry production, worth approximately $2 billion at the farm gate.

WA is a world leader in live exports, super fine wool production and dryland sheep and grain systems. Both cattle and sheep systems are focused on export markets to Asia and the Middle East. WA also has innovative, world-class integrated dairy and pork industries meeting local and South East Asian demand for safe, fresh milk and pork. The WA poultry industry is growing strongly as a result of increasing domestic consumption.

Global demand for high-quality, safe animal protein and products produced according to high animal welfare standards will continue to rise in coming years. Increasingly DAFWA will partner with industry -- locally, nationally and internationally -- in transformational business projects to capitalise on this demand.

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  • Annual ryegrass toxicity in livestock

    14 August 2014

    Annual ryegrass toxicity (ARGT) is an often fatal poisoning of livestock that consume annual ryegrass infected by the bacterium Rathayibacter toxicus (formerly known as Clavibacter tox

  • A group of cattle feeding from a trough

    AgMemo - Livestock news, February 2018

    15 February 2018

    A snapshot of some of the latest news and seasonal advice from the department for Western Australian farm businesses in the livestock sector.

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    Botulism in cattle

    28 November 2013

    Botulism is a rapid onset, usually fatal disease caused by the botulinum toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum.

  • Bewety and the Feast

    2 February 2017

    Sheep Industry Research Open Day

    Sheep farming can be a bit more fun …. a bit more interesting… a bit more exciting and a bit more challenging!

  • Value Growth and Innovation in the Beef Industry Supply Chain

    1 November 2016

    A study has been completed to identify critical success factors from a number of global and domestic agrifood industry growth models that could contribute to international export competitiveness an

  • Brown Besier, Jill Lyon and Darren Michael from the DAFWA team producing the Barber’s Pole vaccine in the laboratory

    Development and production of Barbervax vaccine against barber's pole worm in sheep

    25 November 2013

    In collaboration with the Moredun Research Institute (United Kingdom), the world’s first sheep worm vaccine has been produced at the Albany parasitology laboratories.

  • Melioidosis in animals

    9 March 2017

    Melioidosis is a disease caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, which can affect animals and humans.

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    EverGraze project

    26 November 2013

    Established in 2003, EverGraze was designed to develop, test and implement new farming systems based on perennials in a range of environments across the high rainfall zone of southern Australia.

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    Greener Pastures: soil acidity

    18 July 2014

    The Greener Pastures project was set up to assist the Australian dairy industry meet the two major challenges in managing high performing pasture systems: maintaining profitability while meeting th

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    Disposing of milk

    27 November 2013

    Farmers occasionally have to dispose of milk, which, for one reason or another, cannot be taken by the processor.

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