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NIAMRRE, partners awarded $1.5m to improve antibiotic stewardship

The National Institute of Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Education and five partner institutions have received a $1.5 million cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Veterinary Medicine to support a project designed to improve antibiotic stewardship by prioritizing the most significant diseases in food animal production and identifying alternative treatment strategies.   […]

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Annual Lewisdale sale tops at $18,000 | Farm Weekly

With the $18,000 top-priced ram at the Lewisdale Poll Merino studs 59th annual on-property ram sale at Wickepin last weekend were Lewisdale stud representative of 55 years John Sherlock (left), AWN Livestock auctioneer Don Morgan, Andrew Kitto, Dyson Jones, Wickepin/Newdegate, Lewisdale stud principal Ray Lewis and his grandsons Jordan and Kai Taylor. The ram was […]

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Kamballie Poll Merino values reach $9750 | Farm Weekly

Consistent buyer of top Kamballie rams for their nucleus breeding program, including the $11,500 top price at last year’s sale for a Poll Boonoke Bobcat 180137 son (purchased by the Kamballie and Manunda studs for $70,000 in 2019), Callum Nicholls, BW & CM Nicholls, Corrigin, stocked up with three new polled Bobcat sons for a […]

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Animal welfare report highlights livestock ‘fit to load’ issues

MORE than 600 animal welfare incidents in 2020-21 – many relating to livestock not fit for loading – have been detailed in a report tabled in Federal Parliament today. The report outlines 631 animal welfare incidents involving 4083 animals, among the 70.6 million animals sent for processing at export abattoirs between 1 January 2020 and […]

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