This Sheep Industry Business Innovation (SIBI) subproject supported the Sheep Alliance as the peak leadership body and advocate of change management for the Western Australian (WA) sheep industry, and ran a program of flagship events and relationship management activities that supported the devel
This Sheep Industry Business Innovation (SIBI) subproject aimed to build industry capacity, both human and physical, to deliver the volume and quality of sheep and meat required by new markets. It did this by increasing business skills of producers and service providers to the sheep industry.
Dedicated value chains was a Sheep Industry Business Innovation (SIBI) subproject which consisted of four key tasks: value chain design, sheepmeat product development, placement of staff and scholarships, and web portal development.
Drench resistance in cattle worms has been found in tests in several countries in recent years, prompting an investigation into the situation in Western Australia.
In yearling cattle, burdens of cattle worms can lead to reduced liveweight gain during winter and are sometimes associated with signs of worm disease like diarrhoea and ill-thrift.
It is important that parasites in beef are adequately controlled in order to maintain healthy productive cattle. The immune responses of adult cattle to parasites are such that fewer drenches are needed than when managing sheep.
