Maintaining animal health and welfare in a feedlot is critical to the success and profitably of the enterprise.

This guide identifies key management techniques that can assist feedlot staff to examine and observe Australian cattle at arrival and throughout their stay in South East Asian feedlots.

It provides advice to help make a quick initial diagnosis of a sick animal, describes the cause, and recommends an immediate treatment. The guide covers common issues such as lameness, diarrhoea, fever and abscess.

This is a field guide which complements the Manual for South East Asian cattle feedlots and the Cattle breeding guide - A guide to the management of breeding cattle in South East Asia.