Centre for Animal Science

Hormones, stress and animal welfare

23 May 2017 12:00pm–1:00pm

Professor Alan Tilbrook is QAAFI's new Professor of Animal Welfare and will present a QAAFI Science Seminar, titled "Hormones, stress and animal welfare''.

The Bos indicus genome, a history of tropically adapted cattle in Australia

11 April 2017 12:00pm–1:00pm

in Science Seminars

QAAFI's Centre for Animal Science Director, Prof Stephen Moore, will present a QAAFI Science Seminar titled, "The Bos indicus genome, a history of tropically adapted cattle in Australia".

Unlocking the genetic secrets of legendary bulls

Published on: 15 February 2017

The genes of 50 top bulls have been sequenced in an effort to understand how genes from temperate cattle have influenced important production traits in the modern Brahman breed.

Dr Stephen Anderson

Affiliated Senior Lecturer

Centre for Animal Science (QAAFI)

Queensland beef industry’s greatest minds gather in Rockhampton

Published on: 8 August 2016

Queensland’s beef capital Rockhampton will host the beef industry’s brains-trust, when the Northern Beef Research Update Conference 2016. The Department of Agriculture and Fisheries is a major sponsor of the three-day event, and will be sending a contingent of staff to present and attend the conference.

Buzz about natural fly insecticide

Published on: 21 January 2016

Researchers have developed a clean and safe insecticide to combat nuisance flies in cattle feedlots, using spores of a naturally occurring fungi.

Genomics – applications from bacteria to livestock

6 December 2016 12:00pm–1:00pm

in Science Seminars

International researchers Associate Professor Henrik Christensen and Associate Professor Paul Stothard will present a QAAFI Science Seminar entitled, "Genomics – applications from bacteria to livestock".

Project targets buffalo flies with new controls

Published on: 25 November 2016

Controls targeting one of Australia’s most significant cattle pests, buffalo flies, will be investigated in a new research project aimed at providing area-wide control and preventing its southward spread.

Animal Science Olympics 2016 winners

Published on: 22 November 2016

Established in 2012, QAAFI's Animal Science Olympics is a platform for the higher degree research students and early career researchers to showcase their research, and establish connections with their peers in animal science research and industry sectors.

Research reveals how to lift heifer productivity

Published on: 22 July 2016

An MLA-funded Producer Demonstration Site (PDS) has proved the three crucial management decisions impacting the productivity of replacement heifers are joining weight, bull selection and disease prevention.