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Blood smear technique

Blood smear technique for veterinarians

26 February 2015

Below is a step-by-step guide for veterinarians produced by the Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia for performing blood smears for diagnostic use.

Combine harvester operating in a cereal crop

Causes of soil acidity

3 December 2013

Soil acidification occurs naturally very slowly as soil is weathered, but this process is accelerated by productive agriculture.

Hay storage

Straw itch mites

10 October 2013

Severe skin itching in humans can be caused by bites from species of straw itch mite.

Chickens

Stickfast fleas: control and eradication

6 February 2014

The stickfast flea, first recorded in Western Australia (WA) at Geraldton in 1913, is now a common disease in backyard poultry flocks, especially during summer.

A beagle detector dog called Boston

Quarantine WA

29 August 2013

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development's Quarantine WA service works hard to prevent the introduction of exotic pests, diseases and weeds found in other states and territorie

Cattle freeze brand stamped on the back of a cow

Stock Brand and PIC Register search guide

21 May 2015

The Western Australian Stock Brand and PIC Register is maintained by the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPI

Brown spot lesions affecting lupin leaves

Lupin foliar diseases: diagnosis and management

13 December 2012

This page describes symptoms and management of the major fungal and viral diseases affecting lupin foliage, stems and pods.

Annual ryegrass

Annual ryegrass

6 October 2011

Annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) is one of the most serious and costly weeds of annual winter cropping systems in southern Australia.

Mexican poppy (Argemone mexicana) flower and leaves

Mexican poppy: what you should know

8 October 2013

What you should know about Mexican poppy (Argemone ochroleuca).

Checking traps as part of the Qfly eradication program.

MyPestGuide

15 August 2014

MyPestGuide® brings communities together in order to create a collaborative network of people to report, map and learn about pests and other organisms. 

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