Here are some links to documents that may help you.
1. Health
- Cattle worm control – the basics – click here – a NSW DPI Prime Fact
- Liver fluke in cattle and sheep – click here – a NSW DPI Prime Fact
- Pregnancy testing of beef cattle – click here – VIC DPI Information note
- MLA Animal Health and Welfare – click here
- Selecting and managing beef heifers – click here – a NSW DPI Prime Fact
- Condition scoring of beef cattle – click here – VIC DPI Information note
2. Handling Cattle
- NSW DPI AgFact – click here
- YouTube video – Ron Gill Beef Extension Agent – Loss Stress Cattle Handling – click here
- YouTube video – Temple Grandin lectures on how distractions, lighting and shadows can cause livestock to balk and refuse to move through races, cattle chutes, and corrals – click here
3. Pastures
- Owning cattle on a small property – WA Dept of Food And Agriculture Farm Note – click here
- Pasture assessment and livestock production – NSW DPI Agfact – click here
- Visually assessing pasture condition and availability in drought – NSW DPI Agfact – click here
4. A guide to best practice husbandry in beef cattle – including branding, castrating and dehorning – A MLA document – click here
5. NLIS (National Livestock Identification System)