This manual, produced by LiveCorp and Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA), provides advice to inform decisions about the design and construction of livestock handling, yarding and slaughter infrastructure.
The areas outlined in this manual are:
- Sire selection
- Construction materials
- Abattoir lairage
- Cattle and buffalo planning
- Port infrastructure and equipment
- Unloading ramps at feedlots and abattoirs
- Feedlot design
- Abattoir/feedlot races and laneways
- A cattle feedlot herringbone pen gate system
- Cattle panel and gate
- A bud Box forcing pen
- Cattle drafting systems
- Entering the restraining box
- Restraint box with head restraint for stunning boxes
- Cattle water and feed troughs
- Simultaneously processing ESCAS and non-ESCAS cattle
- Cattle transport designs
- Cattle pen density guides for transport, feedlot and lairage
- Sheep and goats
- Building yards for sheep and goats
- Sheep and goat yard panels
- Sheep and goat drafting systems
