BEEF CATTLE FEEDLOTS – ANIMAL CARE STATEMENT – (CSIRO Format)
1. FEEDLOT DETAILS
Name of Feedlot Coalara
Contact Person/Position Feedlot Manager
Site Address “Sendem Downs”
2530 Coalara Road Badgingarra, WA
Postal Address (if different to above)
Telephone: 08 9571 2946
Facsimile:
2 MANAGEMENT
- 8000 hd SCU Feedlot - 70 day domestic market - 100 day grainfed market
- Stocking density varies between 9 to 25 mtrs per square hd - 6-13 full & part time staff
- Staff training all feedlot operations are conducted as required and documented
2.2 Management Structure
Management Structure
DIRECTOR
1.
FEEDLOT MANAGER FARM MANAGER OFFICE MANAGER
3. 4. 5.
FEEDER MAINTENANCE/FEEDER STOCKHAND
6. 7. 8.
3 RESPONSIBILITIES AND PROCEDURES
3.1 Facilities
3.1.1 Yards
Maintenance - Position 7. & Contractors Cleaning - Position 7.
Frequency Details Daily
3.1.2 Water Troughs
Maintenance - Position 4,7 Cleaning - Position 7
Frequency Details Cleaned weekly or more frequently if required (all troughs checked for flow daily)
3.1.3 Feed Bunks
Maintenance - Position 3,6,7, Cleaning - Position 3,4,5,6,7,8 Frequency Details Daily
3.1.4 Shelter Provisions
Is shelter provided?
Yes No √
If yes, advise details (natural, artificial, type, e.g. windbreak, shade etc and area involved). If no, why do you consider it is not required?
Feedlot is located in the Darling Downs high country considered to be a temperate climate. In 20 years of operation shelter has not been required.
1. Cattle released during extreme temperature conditions.
2. Water storage within close proximity of feedlot would also be utilised if needed.
In extreme weather conditions contingency plan would come in to effect. Refer to QA manual.
3.1.5 Roads/Lanes
Maintenance - Position 4,7
3.1.6 Do the facilities adequately cover animal welfare considerations?
YES √
If no, advise details
3.2 Livestock Management 3.2.1 Health Program
Position 3,8
(i) Receival/Induction
Outline the various movements from receival through induction, into the yard, e.g.
‘identify, weigh, preventative health maintenance program, draft into feedyards’.
Procedures
Upon receival cattle are placed in receival on palatable hay for 1 to 2 days then drafted, cattle that meet health & weight specifications are inducted.
Induction Clostridial Vax, Resp Vax, worm & lice control, possible HGP, as required Cattle are scanned & individually identified with eartags.
(ii) Records kept (of health treatment)?
YES √
If “yes” give details, if “no” what alternative procedures?
All treated are individually tagged with treatment & date on tag, cattle are also NLIS scanned with treatment & withholding information recorded on feedlot records system
(iii) Are sick pens available to segregate sick cattle
YES √
If “yes” give details, if not available what alternative procedure is used?
Two sick pens are available cattle are treated & placed into observation pen, within the next 24 hours they are either placed in home pen or retreated and this is recorded.
(iv) What is procedure for identification and/or segregation of cattle that have been treated with any substance that has a withholding period?
All treated cattle are tagged individually with treatment and date entered into feedlot log and written on tag. Sick cattle go through the 2 pens and may go home on day of treatment or held longer depending on treatment requirement and condition.
(v) Veterinary: Service available, on site
Yes No √
If no, what is alternative procedure (i.e., contract, on-call, or other)? If ‘other’, give details.
– Wheatbelt Vet Services are on call 24-7 for all veterinary services. 08 96711108
3.2.2 Stock Supervision
Position 3,8 Frequency Details Pen stock checked daily, more if needed.
3.2.3 Nutrition & Food Safety
Position 3
Do you have a nutritionist?
Yes √ No
If no, how is formulation derived?
3.2.4 Transport
(i) Position responsible for inspection of stock on arrival, for detection of any sign of injury or disease?
3
(ii) Position responsible for fitness at load-out for health and loading density?
3
3.3 Livestock Management
3.3.1 Disease Outbreak
Position 3
Details of contingency plans:
Sick cattle are isolated, Veterinarian contacted immediately. Incident reporting requirements are implemented and animal treatment administered as required.
Refer to QA Manual Appendix 1
3.3.2 Emergency Slaughter and Carcass Disposal
Position 3,7,8
1. Details of contingency plans: Destruction of cattle to be conducted in an efficient and humane manner, utilising the temporal or frontal methods.
Refer to QA Manual
3.3.3 Water/Feed Failures
Position 3,4,6,7
1. Water supply interruption - although water for the feedlot is generally pumped from a single bore, the bore is operated in conjunction with another irrigation bore. Water is pumped to a 300,000 L storage tank which gravity feeds to all troughs. By keeping the tank full, several days storage are always available.
Shortage of feed supply, mill fire or poor quality feed
1. In the event that the feed supplier was unable to deliver supplied ration due to a mechanical breakdown, cattle would be fed silage and hay for period until ration supply arrived.
2. In the event of major commodity shortage, cattle would be let out of feedlot onto 1500 ha of country which completely surrounds feedlot.
3. In case of mill fire milled grain delivery from nearby feedlots would be arranged until normal milling was restored.
3.3.4 Extreme Weather - Heat
Position 3,4,6,7 1.Refer QA manual Appendices: Mitigations include:
- Heat rations;
- Deployment of extra water troughs;
- Minimisation of stock movement and activity; and - Wet manure removal.
- 3.3.5 Extreme Weather - Flood
- The site is on undulating country and the feedyard is higher than any floodwaters.
The formed surface generates raised areas in all pens thereby protecting from local st
- The feedlot has a 3000 metre all weather road to the Coalara Rd with connections to east and west.
- 3.3.6 Earthquake
- The region has no history of significant earthquakes. Planning for earthquakes at this site is not an effective use of time.