Animal Health & Welfare

CSIRO's biotechnology research delivers biotechnology applications for human health, agriculture, the environment and industrial biotechnology sectors.

CSIRO Livestock Industries is supporting Australia's livestock and allied industries to become stronger global competitors in the 21st century.

Australasia’s major science and agribusiness conference, being held in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 28-30 October 2008, is expected to generate strong debate on the future for Trans-Tasman animal industries, in light of increasing global concern about food security.

Australian scientists will be better prepared to tackle exotic animal diseases, such as avian influenza (AI), following international recognition of CSIRO’s Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) in Geelong as a ‘OIE Collaborating Centre for Capacity Building for Veterinary Laboratories’.

Australasia’s major livestock industries’ science and agribusiness conference – Horizons in Livestock Sciences – will be held in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 28-30 October 2008.

CSIRO Livestock Industries’ Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL)  is supporting south-east Asian countries in their efforts to control and eradicate infectious animal diseases.

Using leading-edge breeding and production technologies to boost the value, competitiveness and sustainability of Australia’s beef and seafood industries.

CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems has expertise in the rangeland and savannas region of Australia. Current research will supply information to pastoralists to assist them to manage the land to achieve both greater productivity and sustainable use of the natural resources.

CSIRO has scientists from a range of disciplines contributing to better regional planning for sustainable habitation of the Australian rangelands and savannas

In this chapter of the 2007 Snowdon Lecture, Dr Vallat outlines the positive trends that have been observed in the management of the avian influenza crisis. (3:27)

In this chapter of the 2007 Snowdon Lecture, Dr Vallat identifies the short, medium and long-term actions that can be taken to control avian influenza. (6:13)

CSIRO's Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) conducts diagnosis, training, technology transfer and research which is essential to the success of animal health in Australia.

The CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems laboratory in Alice Springs conducts research that addresses regional futures, indigenous livelihoods, conservation planning and management, sustainable agricultural systems and knowledge management in arid and semi-arid rangelands.

This article from Farming Ahead discusses research that has revealed that muscling, a trait that Merino breeders have largely overlooked, can help breeders develop a more versatile and profitable flock. (2 pages)

This article from Farming Ahead describes an investigation by scientists into the role global positioning system monitors can play in understanding the relationship between temperature and sheep grazing patterns. (3 pages)

The amount of carbon in a soil is dependent on the characteristics of the soil and the balance between inputs and losses.

This fact sheet provides information about equine influenza and the outbreak of disease which occurred in Australia during 2007.