Livestock monitoring and management is crucial for keeping animals healthy and productive during extended summer periods.
In this episode, we are joined by Dr Izzy Drage, Field Veterinary Officer at the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD), and Katherine Davies, Senior Development Officer in DPIRD’s Animal Systems group. They bring valuable experience in livestock health and practical on‑farm management.
We discuss practical and strategic approaches to managing livestock during prolonged dry and hot periods, touching on water management, feed planning, disease observation and prevention, and long-term climate resilience for livestock.
This episode is brought to you by the South-West WA Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub and is hosted by Dr Mary-Anne Glanzlowe.
Episode links
General information
- Animal biosecurity – DPIRD
- Animal welfare in emergencies – Heatwave (and dry season) – DPIRD
- Annual ryegrass toxicity in livestock – DPIRD
- DPIRD Diagnostics and Laboratory Services
- DPIRD field vet contacts
- Electronic identification for sheep and goats in Western Australia – DPIRD
- The Emergency Animal Disease Hotline – how does it work? – Animal Health Australia
- Emergency animal disease preparedness – DPIRD
- Hypocalcaemia in sheep – Agriculture Victoria
- Livestock ownership, identification and movement in Western Australia – DPIRD
- Lupinosis – DPIRD
- Prevent chemical residues in livestock – DPIRD
- Reportable animal diseases – Western Australia – DPIRD
- Saltland Genie
- Season agricultural region – DPIRD
- Sheep dry season management – DPIRD
- Sheep feeding and nutrition – DPIRD
- Sheep reproduction and genetics – DPIRD
- Sheep tools, resources and calculators – DPIRD
- Significant Disease Investigation Program – DPIRD
- Supplementary feeding and budgeting – DPIRD
- Water for livestock – DPIRD
- WaterSmart Dams – Making Dams Work Again – Grower Group Alliance
- WaterSmart Farms – water security and resilience in a drying climate – DPIRD
Fact sheets
- “Condition scoring of sheep” factsheet – DPIRD
- “Confined paddock feeding and feedlotting of sheep” factsheet – DPIRD
- “Growing weaner sheep” factsheet – DPIRD
