• All Projects [1]
• Current Projects [2]
• Concluded Projects [3]
• Relevant Publications [4]

Research Program Manager: Debbie Templeton
email: templeton@aciar.gov.au [5] 

The majority of livestock kept by smallholder farmers (small and large ruminants, pigs and poultry) are integral components of complex crop-livestock systems. Building a complete understanding of the biological, social and economic aspects of these systems is a necessary ingredient for determining intervention points and the development of appropriate technologies for smallholder farmers. The Livestock Production Systems program focuses on enabling equitable access to markets; optimising crop-livestock systems and livestock production.

Concluded Projects

AS2/1983/033 [6] - Aetiology and epidemiology of malignant catarrhal fever in Indonesia and Australia

AS2/1985/015 [7] - Evaluation of different buffalo genotypes for draught, meat and milk production

AS2/1985/065 [8] - Development of an improved haemorrhagic septicaemia vaccine

AS2/1986/001 [9] - Research into technologies for increasing the efficiency of straw utilisation by cattle and buffalo for growth, reproduction and lactation

AS2/1988/017 [10] - Strategic supplements for improved milk production

AS2/1989/007 [11] - Establishment of improved methods for the diagnosis and control of livestock diseases in south east Asia using enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)

AS2/1989/008 [12] - Feeding and management strategies for production and draught power in large ruminants

AS2/1989/009 [13] - Immunity to bovine ephemeral fever

AS2/1989/013 [14] - Ecological and host-genetic control of internal parasites of small ruminants in the Pacific Islands

AS2/1990/011 [15] - Improved methods for the diagnosis and control of bluetongue in small ruminants in Asia

AS2/1990/028 [16] - Improved methods in the epidemiology and control of mites and other diseases of bees in Papua New Guinea

AS2/1990/047 [17] - Genetic variation, resistance to acaricides and immunological cross-reactivity in ticks that infest cattle in Zimbabwe and Australia

AS2/1991/016 [18] - Fowl cholera. Vaccines for Asia

AS2/1991/017 [19] - Management of footrot in small ruminants in hill districts of Nepal

AS2/1991/018 [20] - Improved methods for the diagnosis and control of bovine babesiosis and anaplasmosis in Zimbabwe and Australia

AS2/1991/022 [21] - Duck plague: Improved diagnostic methods and vaccination

AS2/1991/032 [22] - Strategies for sustainable control of gastrointestinal parasites of ruminants using urea-molasses blocks

AS2/1992/002 [23] - Diagnosis and control of haemorrhagic septicaemia in Indonesia

AS2/1993/001 [24] - Studies of the epidemiology and control of bluetongue in China

AS2/1993/715 [25] - Validation of diagnostic tests for bovine babesiosis and anaplasmosis and studies on strain variation in Babesia

AS2/1993/724 [26] - Development of phenotypic markers for resistance to gastrointestinal nematodes in African small ruminants

AS2/1993/727 [27] - Construction of a biologically secure research animal containment facility at ILRAD (ILRI), Nairobi, Kenya

AS2/1993/800 [28] - Molecular genetic analysis of swamp buffalo populations

AS2/1993/873 [29] - Development and implementation of genetic evaluation procedures for Vietnamese pig production based on mixed-model methodology

AS2/1993/875 [30] - Classical swine fever in Vietnam

AS2/1994/017 [31] - Control of bee mites in Irian Jaya

AS2/1994/018 [32] - Improved methods for bee development and control of bee mites in Papua New Guinea

AS2/1994/023 [33] - Breeding and feeding pigs in Australia and Vietnam

AS2/1994/120 [34] - Breeding pigs for enhanced disease resistance in South East Asia

AS2/1994/121 [35] - Defining problems & opportunities for smallholder pig production in the Philippines

AS2/1995/006 [36] - Control of Pasteurellosis in pigs and poultry

AS2/1995/725 [37] - Genetic characterisation of east African cattle breeds

AS2/1996/014 [38] - Validation of the Australian model of the tick, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, in Kenya and investigation of its use to facilitate collaboration with NARs

AS2/1996/021 [39] - Control of footrot in small ruminants in Nepal - vaccination and sero-surveillance

AS2/1996/084 [40] - Effects of storage on the quality of chicken and duck eggs

AS2/1996/086 [41] - Latex agglutination systems as alternative technology to ELISA for seroepidemiology in developing countries

AS2/1996/090 [42] - Bovine babesiosis and anaplasmosis: studies on field performance of live vaccines, diagnostic methods and host responses to infection

AS2/1996/149 [43] - Tropical forage and ley-legume technology for sustainable grazing and cropping systems in southern Africa

AS2/1996/203 [44] - Studies on genetic constraints to protective immunity in cattle

AS2/1997/018 [45] - Profitable beef cattle development in Vietnam

AS2/1997/098 [46] - Development and use of molecular genetic markers for enhancing the feeding value of cereal crop residues for ruminants

AS2/1999/060 [47] - Control of bees and bee mites in Indonesia and the Philippines

AS2/1999/063 [48] - Tick-borne diseases: Delivery of user-friendly and effective vaccine and diagnostics

AS2/2000/098 [49] - Bovine babesiosis and anaplasmosis in the Philippines: developing a research and diagnostic capability

AS2/2000/099 [50] - Strategies to improve Bali cattle - eastern Indonesia

AS2/2000/103 [51] - Developing an integrated production system for Bali cattle in the eastern islands of Indonesia

AS2/2000/124 [52] - Prospects for improved integration of high quality forages in the crop-livestock systems of Sulawesi, Indonesia

AS2/2000/125 [53] - Optimising crop-livestock systems in West Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia

AS2/2000/157 [54] - Leucaena management in West Timor and Cape York

AS2/2001/029 [55] - Development of a knowledge system for the selection of forages for farming systems in the tropics

LPS/1998/025 [56] - Performance evaluation and genetic improvement of ruminant animals in the Philippines

LPS/1998/026 [57] - Lucerne adapted to adverse environments in China and Australia

LPS/1998/035 [58] - Ruminant production in the red soils region of southern China and in northern Australia

LPS/1999/036 [59] - Developing profitable beef business systems for previously disadvantaged farmers in South Africa

LPS/2000/164 [60] - Rehabilitation of the Agriculture Faculty of the National University of East Timor

LPS/2001/077 [61] - Poultry feeding systems in PNG

LPS/2002/078 [62] - Improved beef production in central Vietnam

LPS/2002/104 [63] - Increasing milk production from cattle in Tibet

LPS/2002/108 [64] - Improved management of small mammals in Tibetan grasslands

LPS/2004/005 [65] - Improving smallholder crop-livestock systems in eastern Indonesia

LPS/2005/018 [66] - Mineral nutrition of livestock in Tibet (I & II)

LPS/2005/052 [67] - The development of cattle and buffalo breeding strategies and activities based on BREEDPLAN in Thailand