Beef Cattle and Meat Science

Web gateways

Australian Farming Virtual Library - Beef Cattle
Meatnet
NetVet
NetVet - Beef cattle
Queensland. Dept. of Primary Industries. Beef information
Veterinary Information Portal (VIP) (University of Sydney)
Yahoo links to Science: Agriculture: Cattle

Databases

Databases to find journal articles and other publications

Agricola
Agriculture & Natural Resources
Biosis Previews
CAB Abstracts
Current Contents Connect
Prime Notes
PubMed (Medline)
SAGE
Scopus
Web of Science

0ther databases
ArkDB Cow Genome Mapping Database (Roslin Institute, UK)
BREEDPLAN (International Beef Recording Scheme)
Livestock Library A leading Australian site for credible beef and sheep industry publications. Has full text articles from such journals as Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture and Australian Journal of Agricultural Research as well as articles from Conferences. An initiative of the Beef CRC and Sheep CRC and Australian Wool Innovation.

Organisations

Australian

AUS-MEAT Ltd
Australian Beef Association
Australian Lot Feeders Association
Australian Meat Industry Council
Cattle Council of Australia
Meat and Livestock Australia
Rare Breeds Trust of Australia
Red Meat Advisory Council

Universities & research

Australian

The Cooperative Research Centre for Beef Genetic Technologies
CSIRO Farming & Food Division. Animal Products Sector
Primary Industries & Resources S.A. Livestock and Animal Health. Beef Cattle
South Australian Research & Development Institute. Livestock & Farming Systems

Statistics

Australia
Agricultural commodities, Australia / Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Statistics on crops, livestock and livestock products, land use and industry and size characteristics of farms.

see also Historical selected agricultural commodities, by state (1861-present) / Australian Bureau of Statistics

Agriculture, Australia / Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Statistics on crops, livestock and livestock products and characteristics of farms. Also included are detailed statistics on the financial performance of agricultural industries, the value of agricultural commodities produced (VACP) and summary trade data.

AgStats (Australian Bureau of Statistics database)
ABS agriculture commodity production statistics from the agricultural census. The Waite Library has the database available for searching back to the 1987/88 census to 2002, covering South Australia in detail and other Australian state totals. Value of agricultural commodity production figures are available for searching from 1993/94 to 2002.
The Roseworthy Campus Library holds 1996/7-2002.
Only available for use at Waite or Roseworthy libraries.

AgSurf: ABARE Farm Survey Data
Farm performance, production benchmarks, farm management, socioeconomic indicators for grains, beef, sheep and dairy industries. Data available for states, agricultural zones and regions. Annual figures from 1989-

Australian agriculture assessment 2001 / National Land & Water Resources Audit

Australian beef industry 2003: report of the Australian agricultural and grazing industries surveys
of beef producers / Trish Gleeson... [et al.].
Canberra : Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2003.
           Roseworthy Books 338.1762130994 G555a

Australian commodities: forecasts and issues (quarterly) / Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
            Roseworthy Journals 338.1 Q1.4
            Waite Journals 338.105 A9381
            Barr Smith Main collection 382.405 A938
           From 1994 available online (members of the University of Adelaide community)
           From 2000 available online (unrestricted access)

Australian commodity statistics (annual) / Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
           Roseworthy Journals 338.10994 C734.2
             Waite Journals 338.1099405 C7341.2
             Barr Smith Main Collection   338.1099405 C734.2
           From 2000 available online (unrestricted access)

Australian farm surveys / Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
           Survey data also available on AgSurf: ABARE Farm Survey Data

Australian Natural Resources Atlas / National Land & Water Resources Audit
Distribution and state of the Australian beef industry. Land and water resources used in beef production

Livestock and meat, Australia / Australian Bureau of Statistics.
            1998-2002
            2003-

Livestock products, Australia / Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Market information / Meat and Livestock Australia. Facts and figures about Australia's beef, sheep and goatmeat industry, including numbers by state, livestock on feed, production, properties, consumption, exports and Australia's position relative to other countries.

Market statistics database / Meat and Livestock Australia. Includes herd and flock size, feedlot data, meat export volumes and value, export prices, co-products prices, consumption, livestock prices, slaughter and meat production.

Meat and livestock statistical review / Meat & Livestock Australia.
               Roseworthy Journals 338.176 A938S.5
               (Australian and world statistics)

World

Australian commodities: forecasts and issues (quarterly) / Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
   (Also includes world production, consumption, stocks and trade)
            Roseworthy Journals 338.1 Q1.4
            Waite Journals 338.105 A9381
            Barr Smith Main collection 382.405 A938
            From 1994 available online (members of the University of Adelaide community)
           From 2000 available online (unrestricted access)

Australian commodity statistics (annual) / Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
    (Also includes world production, consumption, stocks and trade)
           Roseworthy Journals 338.10994 C734.2
           Waite Journals 338.1099405 C7341.2
           Barr Smith Main Collection   338.1099405 C734.2
           From 2000 available online (unrestricted access)

FAOSTAT Agriculture Data International production and trade statistics

FAO statistical yearbook

Meat and livestock statistical review / Meat & Livestock Australia
(Australian and world statistics)
Roseworthy Journals 338.176 A938S.5

Health

Animal Health Australia
SafeMeat (Australia) Contains current topics related to diseases and regulations and includes information on Bluetongue virus, BSE and FMD
Veterinary Information Portal (VIP) (University of Sydney) Covers Anthrax, BSE, FMD, Ovine Johne's Disease