Live export - Australian dairy cattle exported to Saudi Arabia

In 2009, 1800 Australian dairy cattle were exported to one of the biggest dairies in the Middle East at Haradh, Saudi Arabia. The dairy cattle left on a livestock vessel from Portland Victoria and arrived in late February 2009. The trip took two weeks, and the heifers settled into their new home with the help of an Australian veterinarian. The National Agricultural Development Company's (NADEC) dairy in Haradh, Saudi Arabia is one of the largest dairies in the Middle East region and has imported almost 4,800 Australian dairy cattle over the past three years. NADEC produces almost 1 million litres of milk per day from a herd of almost 42,000 holsteins. The milk is processed on site, producing milk, cheese and other dairy products that are delivered to retail outlets across the region. Australian dairy cattle are highly regarded by NADEC for their quality, their disease-free status and the volume of milk they produce, making them in high demand in the Australian live export industry. In Australia, the cattle were prepared by the Elders live export team for months in advance of shipment, with bloodlines and production critical to selection.

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• live export
• Australian dairy cattle
• live exports
• peta
• cattle live export
• export trade
• live animal export
• LEC
• Live Export Care

[dilemmix]

Cows seem to get better care than sheep on a ship- have you looked at the torturous journey of sheep to the middle east? This should be outlawed.

[LivestockExportTruth]

Hi dilemmix, all livestock are treated equally well onboard vessels, with room to move around and lie down, constant access to food and water, accredited stockmen on all voyages and an Australian vet on journeys to the Middle East to provide extra care. Over 99% of all animals arrive fit and healthy at their destination. Take a look at some of our other videos to see the care given onboard vessels and in overseas marketplaces or visit the liveexportcare website for more info.

[dilemmix]

Hi, well I'd really like to believe this, but of course conditions are good when you have organised for videos to be taken. What about the videos taken by PETA or Animals Australia that show the sheep on these ships are in terrible conditions?

I really hope that the animals are being treated well all the time and not only when they know that videos are taken.

[LivestockExportTruth]

@newholand123 Hi. These are heifers (young cows) carrying their first calf, so they are not lactating during the voyage. They began producing milk when they calve - well after they arrived in Saudi Arabia. Thanks for your question.

[ovidiotorreon]

we have also recceived thousands of australian holsteins in Torreon Mexico through ELDERS. tHE COWS are happy, milk well and produce above average .

The milk from these cows has higu fat and solids content, so we get a premium price for our product.

the only thing is that theese girls have to learn some spanish.

greetings from MEXICO

[HamadHHAG]

i love australia ^^ its good ^^

[Mylerspark]

Good video. Great to see how the ships are layed out.

[FarmBlitz]

Great video, informative, love it