250-216 and 250-217 Animal Health, Management & Welfare 2A and 2B

Please note that the resources listed are not exhaustive. Use the following to search for further resources:

Electronic journals in Veterinary Science.
Electronic Resources under Find Information
Key Resources in Veterinary Science - indexes, databases, directories, manuals, links to electronic journals
University of Melbourne Library catalogue

Recommended Reading

Horses

Roberts, Monty The man who listens to horses New York: Random House, 1997
Kerrigan, RH Practical horse nutrition Lochinvar via Maitland, N.S.W. : R.H. Kerrigan, 1994.
Lewis, Lon D Equine clinical nutrition  Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1995

Selected Websites

General

Animal Health and Production Compendium from CABI (CAB International) - covering livestock and poultry the compendium provides links to book chapters, websites, disease datasheets, breed datasheets, a drug database, statistics, a country database, glossary, and includes a image database of breeds, pathogens and disease signs.
Password access, and requires Netscape browser higher than 4.7
Australian Government Agriculture Portal - Australian, State and Territory information on resource management including pests and feral animals, on agricultural products and industries including animal health, agricultural and veterinary chemicals, aquaculture and fisheries, and on agribusiness.
Encyclopedia of Animal Science - online articles on animal sciences. Password required.
Encyclopedia of Dairy Sciences - covering topics of milk production and dairy technology.

Horses | Sheep | Deer | Cattle | Poultry | Aquaculture | Laboratory Animals

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Horses

Australian Horse Racing - site covering the Australian Racing Board, rules of racing, Australian Stud Book with links to State and territory racing organisations.  Also, you can download the Australian Racing Fact Book.
Thoroughbred Breeders Australia - homepage of the representative body of Australian thoroughbred breeders.
Harness Racing in Australia - information on State harness organisations, Australian Harness Racing Council, information on breeding, harness racing rules and regulations
Breeds of livestock - horses
NSW Agriculture - horses - information on feeding and nutrition, health, and handling

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Sheep

Australian farming virtual library- information on sheep breeds, associations, markets, studs, sheep health
Meat and Livestock Australia - information on sheep meat industry.
Breeds of livestock - sheep
NSW Agriculture - sheep - information on sheep breeds, nutrition, health, sheep management, wool.

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Deer

Deer Industry Association of Australia - information on the deer industry, research, fact sheets, links to other deer internet sites
Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation - this site provides information on the deer industry, deer research programs, fact sheets, deer health, nutrition, breeding, breeds

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Cattle

Breeds of  livestock - cattle  - Oklahoma State University .  Lists breeds of dairy and beef cattle worldwide.  You are able to limit your search to a particular region of the world.
Beef cattle -  information from NSW Agriculture on topics such as nutrition, marketing, breeding, health.
Dairy cattle   - information from NSW Agriculture on dairy cattle nutrition, handling, health and breeding.
Dairy Research and Development Corporation - information about the corporation, research, and useful links to internet sites.
Nutrient requirements of dairy cattle  7th rev. ed. 2001-  online book from the United States Subcommittee on Dairy Cattle Nutrition, Committee on Animal Nutrition, National Research Council
Nutrient requirements of beef cattle 7th rev. ed. 2000 - online book from the United States Subcommittee on Beef Cattle Nutrition, Committee on Animal Nutrition, National Research Council

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Poultry

Breeds of poultry - Oklahoma State University site  listing breeds of chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys and other poultry, some with colour pictures.
Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation - Egg Industry. This site provides information on the egg industry,  research programs, fact sheets on housing, diseases. See also the chicken meat site.

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Aquaculture

Aquaculture Network Information Center - US site providing a gateway to electronic information worldwide on aquaculture
Australian Legal Information Institute - free internet access to Australian legal materials including federal and state legislation, subject databases and an index to Australian law on the Internet.
Look up the Quarantine Act, Wildlife Protection Act, Endangered Species Protection Act.

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Laboratory Animals

University of Melbourne Animal Research Ethics website Melbourne Research and Innovation Office - includes codes of practice, legislation, policies and guidelines, approval and reporting procedures.
ANZCCART - Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching - factsheets on laboratory animal management, and laboratory animal species, newsletter, publications.
Nutrient requirements of laboratory animals - 4th revised edition, 1995 - online book from the United States  Subcommittee on Laboratory Animal Nutrition, National Research Council

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