Health, Welfare and Biosecurity of Livestock Exposed to Australian Bushfires

Livestock Farm Recovery Following Bushfire in South-Eastern Australia: Impacts on Cattle and Sheep Health and Management

M Thomas, J Webb Ware, B Cowled, C Munoz, E Cheah, P Mansell, H Clutterbuck, M Doyle, A Hillman, C Pfeiffer

2025-06-01

Severe bushfires in South-Eastern Australia during the summer of 2019/2020 killed tens of thousands of livestock, while many more ..

Bushfire exposure is associated with darker color of beef loin at grading

M Hastie, G Hepworth, A Hillman, C Pfeiffer, B Cowled, R Warner

2024-09-01

The effect of bushfires (also known as wildfires) on the Australian livestock industry extends beyond the direct loss of animals a..

Bushfire exposure is associated with increased pH and dark-cutting in beef longissimus thoracis at grading

Melindee Hastie, Graham Hepworth, Alison Hillman, Brendan Cowled, Caitlin Pfeiffer, Robyn D Warner

2023-03-01

To investigate if bushfire exposure is associated with increased loin pH, this study analysed temporal and geospatial data on fire..

Livestock exposure to bushfires and meat, offal and carcase quality: Is there an association?

A Hillman, R Sadler, M Smith, C Pfeiffer, R Barwell, A Lee, C Fraser, J Lau, B Cowled

2022-10-01

The occurrence of bushfires (wildfires) is increasing with climate change in many areas of the world. In Australia, the 2019/20 bu..

The Australian 2019/2020 Black Summer Bushfires: Analysis of the Pathology, Treatment Strategies and Decision Making About Burnt Livestock

BD Cowled, M Bannister-Tyrrell, M Doyle, H Clutterbuck, J Cave, A Hillman, K Plain, C Pfeiffer, M Laurence, MP Ward

2022-02-15

In 2019/2020, Australia experienced a severe bushfire event, with many tens of thousands of livestock killed or euthanized. Little..

Bushfire preparation and recovery: A manual for livestock producers

Caitlin Pfeiffer, Brendan Cowled, John Webb Ware

2022-01-01

The Black Summer bushfires of 2019–20 affected farms across six states of Australia and had a significant impact on the agricultur..

Effects of Heat Stress and Climate Change Induced Bushfires on Beef Meat Quality

Robyn D Warner, Melindee Hastie, Paula A Gonzalez-Rivas, Surinder S Chauhan, Minh Ha, Caitlin Pfeiffer, A Hilman, B Cowled

2022-01-01

Heat stress is considered a very stressful event for livestock, and it has detrimental consequences for not only animal health and..