Table 1.
Experiment One. Number of cattle by location, farm, mixing, transport and slaughter interval (Total slaughter count. Excludes those eliminated from the trial). Superscripts “a-x” demonstrate common groups during transport and lairage.
| Farm Number | Ship | Not Rested (Kill 1) | Rested 14days (Kill 2) | Total Number of Cattle | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NMS | NMH | MS | MH | MSex | Total | NMS | NMH | MS | MH | MSex | Total | |||
| Farm 1 | A Orange truck |
6 a | 3 m | 2 s | 11 | 0 | 21 | |||||||
| A Green truck |
6 b | 3 n | 1 t | 10 | 0 | |||||||||
| B Blue truck |
8 c | 8 o | 3 u | 19 | 8 c | 8 v | 4 x | 20 | 39 | |||||
| Farm 2 | A Orange truck |
6 d | 3 m | 1 s | 10 | 0 | 21 | |||||||
| A Green truck |
6e | 3 n | 2 t | 11 | 0 | |||||||||
| B Blue truck |
8 f | 8 o | 4 u | 20 | 8 f | 8 v | 4 x | 20 | 40 | |||||
| Farm 3 | A Orange truck |
6 g | 3 p | 2 s | 11 | 0 | 21 | |||||||
| A Green truck |
6 h | 3 q | 1 t | 10 | ||||||||||
| B Blue truck |
8 i | 8 r | 4 u | 20 | 8 i | 8 w | 4 x | 20 | 40 | |||||
| Farm 4 | A Orange truck |
6 j | 3 p | 1 s | 10 | 21 | ||||||||
| A Green truck |
6 k | 3 q | 2 t | 11 | ||||||||||
| B Blue truck |
8 l | 8 r | 4 u | 20 | 8 l | 8 w | 4 x | 20 | 40 | |||||
| Total Ship-A | 24 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | |
| Total Ship-B | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 79 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 80 | 159 | |
| Total King Island | 40 | 40 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 163 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 80 | 243 | |
| Time from point of muster to slaughter | 28 hours | 1 hour | ||||||||||||
a-x Superscripts demonstrate common groups during transport and lairage.