Victoria’s livestock industries are fortunate to be free of most of the serious diseases that affect animals in other parts of the world. Despite
Livestock
ID leg band for all goats
GOAT farmers -now including dairy, earless and miniature goat producers – will be required to fit an National Livestock Identification System device to their
Resources to deal with diseases
THE state government is establishing portable sample testing and mobile incident centres to bolster the state’s response to any emergency animal disease outbreak. The
Help for horse owners
EAST Gippsland horse owners are being invited to learn more about how to manage their paddocks to give their hoofed friends the best nutrition
Course Coming
RSPCA Victoria will run a short course for hobby farmers in October on the back of the success of a session it ran in
Mulesing plan supported
VICTORIAN wool industry groups support proposed changes to state legislation that will require farmers to administer mandatory pain relief when mulesing sheep. The move