The key to preventing laminitis in your horses is to regulate their time grazing on grass high in nonstructural carbohydrates. Inadequate exercise is another cause of this painful hoof condition.
Raising cattle for profit requires a detailed management plan that sets production goals and timelines days, weeks and even years in advance. These guidelines for health, nutrition and reproductive management will help beef cattle producers make critical decisions.
Scott Duggan, Gene Pirelli, Charles Estill, Juliana Ranches |
Aug 2021 |
OSU Extension CatalogPeer reviewed (Orange level)
The workshops and popular field tours provided the education needed to make the right decisions about livestock grazing and irrigation in order to conserve water, increase forage production and increase profits.
You can keep your pigs healthy and gaining weight by following some key recommendations. In this publication you'll learn about housing, feeding, and health considerations when raising feeder pigs, both for a traditional system and...
Gene Pirelli, Scott Duggan, Melissa Fery, Nathan Parker |
Dec 2019 |
OSU Extension CatalogPeer reviewed (Orange level)
Horses, grass, manure, soil and water are all interconnected. How you manage one affects the others. Following these seven steps can make your horse farm safe, efficient, and environmentally friendly. Learn more about horse grazing...
Melissa Fery, David Hannaway, Garry Stephenson, Linda Brewer, Scott Duggan |
Sep 2019 |
OSU Extension CatalogPeer reviewed (Orange level)
OSU Extension organized an invasive species workshop in Warm Springs, which included invasive weed identification, safe handling of pesticides, how to read a pesticide label and correct techniques for using personal protective equipment.
Each spring, Oregon State University Extension collaborates with USDA-APHIS and Warm Springs Range and Agriculture Department to offer low-cost Coggins testing and vaccinations for horses on the Warm Springs reservation.
Cryptosporidiosis is a zoonotic disease, meaning transmission from sick calves to humans is possible. It causes diarrhea, abdominal cramps, dehydration, headaches, vomiting, fever, malaise and muscle cramps. If medical attention is not administered, death can occur in severe cases.
Poisonous plants are a major cause of economic loss to the livestock industry. Two poisonous plants common to Oregon are poison hemlock and Western water hemlock. Ingestion of either by humans or livestock typically results in death.
Q: I have 2 horse on 5 irrigated acres NE Bend, Deschutes county. I have been pulling ticks off them for a few weeks. I dewormed with an Ivermectin which kills any that were attached at the time, but more climb on and ...
