RancHER 2022 Day 1 - Webinar Recording

Webinar recording for Day 1 of RancHER 2022.

Presentations:

"A Pinch of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure - How to Prevent the Most Commonly Treated Diseases in your Herd" - Gaby Maier, PhD - University of California; Assistant Professor in Cooperative Extension for Beef Cattle Herd Health & Production.
"Particulates in Wildfire Smoke and the Impacts on Dairy Cow and Calf Health and Performance" - Amy Skibiel, PhD - University of Idaho; Assistant Professor, Lactation Physiology

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