Tag: small ruminants
Brady Campbell named new small ruminant specialist
Ohio State recently hired Brady Campbell, a fourth-generation sheep and swine farmer and program coordinator for Ohio State’s sheep team, as an assistant professor focused on small ruminant management.
Goats are browsers; sheep are grazers
Learn how to to make small changes to your feeding program based on BCS scores to evaluate and maintain your flock's nutritional program.
Paralephostrongylus tenuis affects small ruminants
Species primarily affected by P. tenuis include camelids such as elk, moose, llamas and alpacas as well as small ruminants such as sheep and goats.
Weaning small ruminants
Weaning kids and lambs when they are 60-90 days old is standard procedure for most goat and sheep producers.
FAMACHA scoring to identify parasite risk in small ruminants
FAMACHA scoring is used to identify risk of barber pole worm infestation in small ruminants. It is an effective, easy-to-use tool everyone from backyard hobbyists to large-scale producers can use on the farm.
University of Kentucky to host small ruminant grazing day
QUICKSAND, Ky. -- The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture is teaming up with sheep and goat breed associations, Kentucky State University and the Kentucky Agricultural Development Board to offer the 2012 Kentucky Small Ruminant Grazing Conference Jan. 14 at the Western Kentucky University Ag Expo Center in Bowling Green.
