Animal Welfare
Being a working farm, our animals mean the world to us, and as such providing excellent animal welfare is one of our core values. We aim to deliver quality, integrity and respect for the animals. The centre of our approach is ensuring we meet or exceed all appropriate state and federal animal regulations, guidelines and codes of practice. We aim for the highest standards of animal health and welfare. Providing paddocks and enclosures that allow animals to demonstrate natural behaviours and to feel safe at all times.
Our Practice Is To Uphold Four Pillars:
Deliver a nutritionally balanced feeding schedule
We know our visitors want to be involved with animal feeding and similar farms around the world satisify this in different ways.
Our solution to provide this, is to tour the farm with an employee who manages the feed quantities based on veterinary advice. The farm employee gives customers the correct amount of feed, as well as instruction on where to put it and how to feed safely. In this way we achieve public participation without compromising feed quality.
Our desire to provide quality animal welfare is also why our animals are on grassy paddocks and not sand, why our feeding times are set and diets are managed and why people cannot enter all paddocks at all times.
Apply individual care plans for each of our animals
Our animals undergo fortnightly condition, FAMACHA scoring and parasite checks by trained staff. Each animal has an individual profile to record health information, treatments, and professional advice.
From shearing to medications, all care and health check results are logged, allowing us to monitor trends over time and generate reports for veterinarians or potential new owners if an animal is sold.
This system also helps us to easily communicate updates with all staff to ensure all animals requirements are met.
Practice evidence based animal husbandry
We take an evidence-based approach to animal husbandry, working closely with the Murdoch Veterinary School, technicians and students on more than just treating sick animals. They provide advice on herd health, nutrition and preventative care.
We also collaborate with farmers and reputable breeders for expert guidance. Every animal management strategy we adopt is supported by professional advice and evidence-based best practice.
Be a part of the National Livestock Identification System
The National Livestock Identification System is Australia’s national system for identifying and tracking livestock movements. It is a vital part of the country's animal welfare and biosecurity framework, helping to manage and respond quickly to any disease outbreak affecting production animals.
Landsdale Farm is fully compliant with NLIS requirements, with every animal accurately identified, recorded and tracked within the system to ensure full traceability and responsible livestock management.
