A group of Charles Sturt University (CSU) students has a new understanding of production and cultural and animal welfare aspects of a key beef export market, after a tour of Indonesia.
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The 10 students from CSU's School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences in Wagga also visited Padjadjaran and Gadjah Mada Universities to learn about their courses and host animal welfare workshops for Indonesian students.
CSU Professor of Animal Production, Peter Wynn accompanied the students on the two-week tour which was funded by the Australian Government's New Colombo Plan.
"The students were given a rare insight into major feedlots fattening cattle from Northern Australia, the halal method of slaughter, facilities used to process these cattle and then the wet markets through which most beef moves to the consumer in Indonesia," he said.
"We were shown how beef cattle are reared in villages across Java in a share-farming production system between an urban investor and a farmer whose job it is to feed and look after the animals.
"The team monitored carefully the ritual halal slaughter procedure conducted without stunning and noted that suffering of animals was minimised."