CATTLE

Wellard and DIT partner for calmer cattle

AUSTRALIAN livestock exporter Wellard has partnered with DIT Technologies for a project to trial dosing technology on board live export vessels.

Staff writer
 New supplement being trialled shows promise in producing calmer cattle in transit.

New supplement being trialled shows promise in producing calmer cattle in transit.

One trial voyage which was 12 days from Townsville to Vietnam used DIT's dosing technology to proportionally dose a livestock supplement throughout the ship's drinking water. The voyage saw more than...

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