Fort Valley State University Animal Science Extension

Ohio State University's new Extension Beef Cattle Field Specialist- Garth Ruff, presented on the topic of feeding wet forages to sheep at the 2020 Virtual Buckeye Shepherd's Symposium.

Critical control points for lamb survival a really good article from last year by Richard Ehrhardt from Michigan Sate University https://www.canr.msu.edu//critical-control-points-for-lamb

Registration for the Virtual Sheep & Goat Skillathon at the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival (May 1-2) is requested by tomorrow (April 20). The skillathon is open to everyone, with awards for youth ages 8-18.

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New fact sheet available at wormx.info !

Great graphic on vaccines - the pick part is the protection offspring get if they ingest enough good colostrum (first milk, first 24 hr of birth), the second little bump is from the first vaccine (should wait until maternal (pink) wears off, then with the second vaccine booster a few weeks later, they get the big bump of protection. Then annual (or every 6 months for some) boosters, bump it back up...

Proceedings and recordings from the annual Virginia Shepherds Symposium. Lots of good presentations. https://www.apsc.vt.edu//sheep-pr/shepherds-symposium.html

Another NAHMS goat publication. This one is about disbudding. NAHMS studies provide information "snapshots" about animal industries.The last NAHMS goat study was done in 2019. The next sheep one will take place in 2023. https://www.aphis.usda.gov//goat2019-infobrief-disbudding.