We provide specialist meat quality tests for:
– Intramuscular fat content (marbling)
– Fat melting point
– Long-chain omega-3 fatty acid content
– Meat nutritional composition
Quantitative and Molecular Genetics Consultation for on-farm livestock improvement strategies through:
– Genetic evaluation of animal performance
– Breeding goals and mating design
– Genomics for DNA extraction, PCR amplification and SNP detection
– Genotyping for meat intramuscular fat content, melting point and long-chain omega-3 fatty acids
We provide nutrition consultancy for beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep and goats in:
– Intensive Pasture-based production system
– Feedlot production system
– Extensive rangeland grazing system
– Feeds and feeding management, least-cost ration formulation, omega-3 long chain fatty acid supplementary feeding and grazing management
Pasture and feedlot animal feed tests based on wet-chemistry and NIR estimates for:
– Acid Detergent Fibre (ADF)
– Neutral Detergent Fibre (NDF)
– Crude Protein percentage
– Energy
– Fat
– Ash (total minerals)
