Overview

Beef Cattle Production and Trade 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 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 discussed in separate chapters, followed by Australian beef production, including feed lotting and live export. 

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Author:   David Cottle ,  Lewis Kahn
Publisher:   CSIRO Publishing
Imprint:   CSIRO Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 4.10cm , Length: 27.50cm
Weight:   1.944kg
ISBN:  

9780643109889

ISBN 10:   0643109889
Pages:   584
Publication Date:   01 April 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of contributors Chapter 1: Beef consumption: historical overview, recent trends and contemporary attitudes BJ Santich Chapter 2: Beef processing and carcass and meat quality DL Hopkins Chapter 3: Market preparation R Mulley, I Lean and V Wright Chapter 4: World beef production AEO Malau-Aduli and BWB Holman Chapter 5: North American beef production AD Herring Chapter 6: Brazilian beef production PVR Paulino and MS Duarte Chapter 7: Chinese and south-east Asian cattle production S Waldron and C Brown Chapter 8: Japanese beef production M Komatsu and AEO Malau-Aduli Chapter 9: Northern Australian beef production HM Burrow Chapter 10: The Southern Australian beef industry MA Campbell, BJ King and MB Allworth Chapter 11: Australian feedlot industry JB Gaughan and ML Sullivan Chapter 12: Live cattle export industry DP Poppi Chapter 13: Biosecurity and beef cattle health, husbandry and welfare M Laurence Chapter 14: Reproductive management of beef cattle RG Holroyd and MR McGowan Chapter 15: Grazing and pasture management and utilisation in Australia J Earl Chapter 16: Growing and finishing beef cattle at pasture and in feedlots PI Hynd Chapter 17: Genetics and breeding W Pitchford Chapter 18: Production efficiency D Cottle and W Pitchford Chapter 19: Environmental management N Reid, D Norton and M Stafford Smith Chapter 20: Beef business management K Behrendt, B Malcolm and T Jackson Chapter 21: Australian beef cattle case studies P Schuster and C Bagshaw Glossary

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It is essential reading for someone with beef cattle or those interested in starting a beef enterprise. --Grass Roots, June/July 2014

It is essential reading for someone with beef cattle or those interested in starting a beef enterprise.--Grass Roots, June/July 2014

Author Information

David Cottle has worked in tertiary education at Charles Sturt University, Lincoln University, New Zealand, and the University of New South Wales. He was a Division Manager at the Wool Research Organisation of New Zealand from 1998 to 2003. He returned to Australia in 2003 to take up the Chair of Sheep and Wool Science at the University of New England and was the Education Program Leader in the Sheep CRC until 2007, Associate Dean Teaching and Learning from 2006 to 2008 and Deputy Chair of Academic Board from 2008 to 2010. His research interests include feed use efficiency in grazing sheep and cattle. He is working with Proway Livestock and Sapien Technology to develop multi-bin feed systems that control and record individual animal supplement intakes and can be used to estimate pasture intake.

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