6.02 - Disease information sources

• State departments of primary industries and agriculture, as well as other government bodies.
• Private veterinarians and consultants.

• MLA has a range of publications on diseases and beef cattle health including:
  • Tips & Tools: Preventing calf scours in suckler beef enterprises
  • Tips & Tools: Treating calf scours
  • Phosphorus management of beef cattle in northern Australia

Further information

Reference books available from libraries or online suppliers such as:

• Diseases of Livestock by TG Hungerford, 1990, McGraw-Hill, Sydney.
• Livestock Diseases in Australia by T Brightling, 2006, CH Jerram & Associates, Mt Waverley, Victoria.
• Stock Diseases by A Brightling, 1994, Inkata Press, Sydney.
• Diseases of Cattle in Australasia by TJ Parkinson, JJ Vermunt and J Malmo, 2010, VetLearn, Wellington, New Zealand.