Beef Production and Trade
March 27, 2014
The book covers all aspects of the beef industry from paddock to plate. It is an international text with an emphasis on Australian beef production, written by experts in the field. The production of the book was supported by MLA.
The book begins with an overview of the historical evolution of world beef consumption and introductory chapters on carcass and meat quality, market preparation and world beef production. North America, Brazil, China, South-East Asia and Japan are covered in separate chapters, followed by Australian beef production, including feed lotting and live export.
The remaining chapters summarise R&D, emphasising the Australian experience, and cover different production systems and aspects of animal husbandry such as health, reproduction, grazing, feeding and finishing, genetics and breeding, production efficiency, environmental management and business management.
The final chapter examines various case studies in northern and southern Australia and covers areas such as feed demand and supply, supplements, pasture management, heifer and weaner management, and management of internal and external parasites.
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