Australian Standards for the Export of Livestock 3.3
STANDARD 3 | 
Management of livestock in registered establishments

3.4.1 - Cattle must be fed daily a minimum of 2.5% of their body weight of suitable feed of a quality able to meet daily maintenance requirements.

3.4.2 - The minimum length of time that cattle must remain in a registered establishment prior to departure for the port is 2 clear days for short or long–haul voyages, or 3 clear days for extended long–haul voyages. A day on which an animal is subject to a feed or water curfew is not a clear day.

3.4.3 - Cattle at the registered establishment must be penned in accordance with these space allocations:

  1. for cattle held for less than 30 days, a minimum of 4m2 each, based on an individual liveweight of 500kg (this allowance can be decreased by 0.04m2 for each 5kg decrease in individual liveweight and must be increased by 0.04m2 for each 5kg increase in individual liveweight); or
  2. for cattle held for 30 days or more, a minimum of 9m2 each, based on an individual liveweight of 500kg (this allowance can be decreased by 0.09m2 for each 5kg decrease in individual liveweight and must be increased by 0.09m2 for each 5kg increase in individual liveweight).