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

Publication Info. Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 574 pages) : color illustrations, color maps
Physical Medium polychrome
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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.
Contents Beef consumption : Historical overview, recent trends and contemporary attitudes -- Beef processing and carcass and meat quality -- Market preparation -- World beef production -- North American beef production -- Brazilian beef production -- Chinese and South-east Asian cattle production -- Japanese beef production -- Northern Australian beef production -- The southern Australian beef industry -- Australian feedlot industry -- Live cattle export industry -- Biosecurity and beef cattle health, husbandry and welfare -- Reproductive management of beef cattle -- Grazing and pasture management and utilisation in Australia -- Growing and finishing beef cattle at pasture and in feedlots -- Genetics and breeding -- Production efficiency -- Environmental management -- Beef business management -- Australian beef cattle : Case studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject Beef industry -- Australia.
Beef industry.
Australia.
Meat industry and trade -- Australia.
Meat industry and trade.
Beef cattle -- Australia.
Beef cattle.
Cattle trade -- Australia.
Cattle trade.
Exports -- Australia.
Exports.
Australia -- Commerce.
Commerce.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Cottle, D. J. (David John), 1954- editor.
Kahn, Lewis, editor.
Other Form: Print version: Beef cattle production and trade 9780643109889 (OCoLC)863339563
ISBN 9780643109896 (electronic book)
0643109897 (electronic book)
1306637570 (e-book)
9781306637572 (e-book)
9780643109889
0643109889