Beef cattle production and trade / editors, David Cottle and Lewis Kahn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cottle, David, editor.

Kahn, Lewis, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beef industry--Australia.

Beef industry.

Meat industry and trade--Australia.

Meat industry and trade.

Beef cattle--Australia.

Beef cattle.

Cattle trade--Australia.

Cattle trade.

Exports--Australia.

Exports.

Australia--Commerce.

Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (583 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Collingwood, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Beef Cattle Production and Trade covers all aspects of the beef industry from paddock to plate. It is an international text with an emphasis on Australian beef production, written by experts in the field. The book begins with an overview of the historical evolution of world beef consumption and introductory chapters on carcass and meat quality, market preparation and world beef production. North America, Brazil, China, South-East Asia and Japan are discussed in separate chapters, followed by Australian beef production, including feed lotting and live export. The remaining chapters summarise R&

Contents:

Cover; Foreword; Contents; List of contributors; 1 Beef consumption: historical overview, recent trends and contemporary attitudes; 2 Beef processing and carcass and meat quality; 3 Market preparation; 4 World beef production; 5 North American beef production; 6 Brazilian beef production; 7 Chinese and South-East Asian cattle production; 8 Japanese beef production; 9 Northern Australian beef production; 10 The southern Australian beef industry; 11 Australian feedlot industry; 12 Live cattle export industry; 13 Biosecurity and beef cattle health, husbandry and welfare

14 Reproductive management of beef cattle15 Grazing and pasture management and utilisation in Australia; 16 Growing and finishing beef cattle at pasture and in feedlots; 17 Genetics and breeding; 18 Production efficiency; 19 Environmental management; 20 Beef business management; 21 Australian beef cattle: case studies; Glossary; Abbreviations; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 29, 2014).

ISBN:

0-643-10989-7

OCLC:

877868752