Build practical beef cattle management skills with this comprehensive guide covering cattle handling, livestock health, animal welfare, calving, weaning, vaccination and beef production.
Produced by Tocal College and the NSW Department of Primary Industries, Beef AgSkills provides clear, step-by-step instruction for the essential skills used in beef cattle enterprises across Australia. Designed for farmers, students, trainees and agricultural workers, the guide combines practical livestock management techniques with animal welfare, safety and quality assurance principles.
Whether you're learning safe cattle handling, assessing livestock condition, managing calving, administering animal treatments or preparing cattle for market, this guide delivers practical knowledge that can be applied immediately in the paddock, yards or training environment.
Who this guide is for
- Beef cattle producers and farm workers
- Agricultural students and trainees
- TAFE, VET and secondary school agriculture programs
- New and aspiring livestock producers
- Lifestyle farmers running cattle enterprises
- Trainers and agricultural educators
What you'll learn
- Safe cattle handling and livestock management
- Animal welfare and quality assurance requirements
- Working safely in cattle yards and handling facilities
- Drafting, counting and moving cattle
- Recognising and reducing stress in livestock
- Vaccination, drenching and animal treatment procedures
- Heat detection and reproductive management
- Managing calving and newborn calves
- Cattle identification and NLIS requirements
- Castration and dehorning procedures
- Early weaning of beef calves
- Beef cattle condition scoring and appraisal
- Halter training and preparing cattle for shows
- Safe Work Method Statements and farm safety planning
Table of Contents
- General safety precautions
- Animal welfare
- Quality assurance
- Working safely in yards
- Working safely with cattle in a bailhead
- Drafting and counting cattle
- Recognising and avoiding stress
- Mouthing, drenching, vaccinating and injecting sick cattle
- Heat detection in cattle
- Problems associated with calving
- Castrating calves
- Individual identification of livestock
- Dehorning calves
- Early weaning of beef cattle
- Paddock appraisal of beef cattle, and
- Safe work method statements.
Publication details
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Author | Jennifer Laffan |
| Publisher | NSW Department of Primary Industries |
| Produced by | Tocal College |
| ISBN | 9781742567136 |
| Catalogue Number | B105 |
| Format | Softcover |
| Size | A4 |
| Pages | 80 |
| Publication Year | 2015 |