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The Australian dairy goat industry is relatively small, but there is an increasing consumer demand for healthy and exotic dairy products.

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.

Western Australia has a mandatory livestock ownership, identification and movement system.

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.

It is not always easy to identify the degree of dispersion or sodicity in soils. The choice of suitable management depends on knowing the soil sodicity and whether dispersion is a problem.

Waterlogging is a common problem in the agricultural soils of south-west Western Australia in the wetter months of winter.

This page provides up-to-date information on the production, consumption and trade (domestic and international) of sheep meat and wool in Western Australia. 

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

It is illegal to feed meat, meat products and food that has been in contact with meat to pigs in Australia.

Artificial breeding is the use of technologies such as artificial insemination and embryo transfer. Artificial insemination (AI) involves placing semen directly into the uterus.