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Livestock & Range Management
Tom
Platt , WSU Extension Educator -
Livestock & Range Management
Beef Forage Farm-Ranch
Management
Sheep
& Goats Swine
West Nile Virus Update
7/21/08 Tom Platt
West Nile Virus (WNV) infected mosquitoes were recently found near
Byron Pond, between Prosser and Mabton. This is an early
WNV detection for Washington state, and may be a harbinger of a
more serious disease threat this year. MORE
Breeding
How to Get Cows Pregnant
Using Artificial Insemination and Estrus Synchronization
by Dr. Cliff Lamb, University of Minnesota
Synopsis: Dr. Lamb
discusses research comparing several synchronization protocols using CIDR's
followed by heat detection or timed
breeding. He makes recommendations for synchronization
protocols designed
for cows and heifers.
Slides and reference material from 4/5/07 Teleconference Presentation:
- PDF slides and illustration of synchronization protocols.
- Dr. Lamb's paper in 2005 BIF proceedings( pdf, 931 KB)
- CD of Dr. Lamb's presentation (narrated slide show) including reference material available from WSU Extension Office, Davenport, WA e-mail (509) 725-4171.
BVD - Voluntary Eradication Program
Persistent BVD can be a drain on any cow-calf operation. WSU recently launched a BVD herd screening program that can help calf producers and their veterinarian detect and then cull persistently infected BVD animals from their herd. Dr. John Wenz, who recently replaced Dr. Clive Gay at WSU’s Field Disease Investigative Unit, is leading the Voluntary BVD Control and Eradication Project.
How the program works. The herd is screened by taking an ear notch from all calves, retained open cows, and bulls. If the calf is negative, its dam is as well. Most ranchers do this work at branding, so the time is relatively short to sign up for this project. Cost of the screening is $1/ head.
More information. In order to explain the project and answer questions about BVD, Dr. Wenz held telephone conferences in March, 2008. If you have questions about the BVD project, feel free to contact Dr. John Wenz at 509-335-0773 or by e-mail at BVDCEP@vetmed.wsu.edu . You may also browse to the Voluntary BVD Control & Eradaciation Web Page.
Download Dr. Wenz' slide set from his telephone presentation here (1,104 KB, pdf)
Browse to links to more BVD information here .
Click here for printable version.
Carcass Quality
Beef Carcass Genetics ( 3.1MB, doc) by Art Linton PDF File
Selection Indexes Fact Sheet (31KB, doc) by Art Linton PDF File
CD of presentation by Lisa
Kriese-Anderson, Extension Animal Scientist, Auburn University:
Ultrasound for Carcass Traits in the US Beef Indudstry available
from WSU Extension Office, Davenport, WA e-mail (509)
725-4171.
Feeding
Alfalfa for Beef Cows (pdf, 117 KB) , Fact Sheet 93-23
Beef Cow Nutrition (html)
Choosing the Right Supplement (html)
Cowculator Beef Cow Ration Balancer (html download site, Excel Spreadsheet)
Factors and Feeds for Supplementing Beef Cows (pdf, 139 KB) , L5354
Fundamentals of Supplementing Low-Quality Forage (pdf, 43 KB), Cattle Producer's Library, CL317
Protein and Energy Supplementation to Beef Cows Grazing New Mexico Rangelands (pdf, 246 KB) , Circular 564
Supplementing Beef Cows on Low Quality Forages
By Norman Suverly, WSU/Okanogan County Extension Director
- Power Point Presentation (1,056 KB) Click here for free Power Point viewer.
- PDF slides of Presentation (167 KB)
- PDF handouts: Color, 131KB or Black and White, 169 KB)
- Budget Decision Guide Handout (pdf, 44 KB)
Supplementation of Energy and Protein for Beef Cattle (pdf, 116 KB), A Literature Review, AG/Beef/2006-1
Supplementing Winter Rations with Grain: Good or Bad Nutritional Stragegy? (html)
Using Grass Seed Residues for Wintering Beef Cattle (pdf, 26 KB)
Coming Soon
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Coming Soon
Sheep and goat conference set Nov. 14-15
Sheep and goat production will be the focus of a conference co-sponsored by six state universities in November, 2008.
Animal science and Extension faculty from Colorado State University, Montana State University, the University of Nebraska, North Dakota State University, South Dakota State University and the University of Wyoming are working together on the conference on sheep and goats.
This program will provide up to date information on nutrition, grazing, reproductive health, marketing and other facets of both sheep and goat production, said Rodney Kott, the MSU Extension sheep specialist.
The conference will be Nov. 14-15 at Island Grove Park in Greeley, Colo. For more information, contact Kott at (406) 994-3415 or rkott@montana.edu or Michael Fisher of the Yuma County, Colorado Extension office at (970) 332-4151 or mj.fisher@colostate.edu.
Goat Production Opportunities on Small Farms
Date: March 12, 2008
Time: 6:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.
Venue: Power Point illustrated telephone conference--participate anywhere by telephone. Find details here.
Presenter: Sandra Solaiman, Professor and Director of Small Ruminant Research, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee Alabama
Factors
Affecting the Palatability of Lamb Meat (PDF)
By Dr. Susan Duckett, Professor/Endowed Chair, Animal and Veterinary
Science Department, Clemson University
Genetics of Scrapie (PDF) Bob Wagner, Gene Check, Inc.
Scrapie and Codon 171, part 2 (PDF) Bob Wagner, Gene Check, Inc.
Genetics of Scrapie Resistance in Sheep (Word) PDF David Thomas, University of Wisconsin.
Spider Syndrome (PDF) Gerald Fitch, Oklahoma State University.
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