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April 2011, Dealing with High Feed Costs, Avoid Parasite
Resistance Development, Common Cause of Abortion in Small Ruminants and
Using Goats to Improve Cattle Pastures (PDF version)
December 2010, Getting Ready for the Kidding Season: Herd Health and
Kidding Kit, Dealing with the High Cost of Feeds, Improving Production
Through Selection, Investigating Abortions in Ewes and Does. (PDF version)
September 2010, Fall
Schedule for Internal and External Parasite Management in Goats, Raw
Goat’s Milk-A Deadly Risk,
Multi-State Meat Goat Production Webinar (PDF version)
May 2010, New! Online
course offered for new producers of sheep and goats, Managing parasites
in goats, Producing summer annual grasses for grazing sheep and goats,
Animal performance and profitability, Artificial Insemination Clinic Oct.
16, 2010. (PDF version)
December 2009, KY Elite Replacement Doe
Sale, (Sat. May 22, 2010), Abstract: Effects of Level of Supplementation
in Late Gestation on Performance of Meat Goat Does and Kids, Start
Keeping Records for Better Performance, New Drug Being Investigated in
the War Against Caseous Lymphadenitis, Be Ready
for Kidding Season. (PDF version)
July 2009, High
Temperatures and heat Stress Reduce Productivity, Grazing Strategies
Affect Ambient Temperatures, Benefits of Shade Structures, Thinking Ahead
Improves Kid Quality, KY Investigators Assess the Potential for
Increasing Hispanic Consumption of Goat Meat (PDF version)
March 2009, Abortion Problems seen in 2009,
Pregnancy Issues, Q-Fever, Generic Abortion Prevention Program (PDF version)
December 2008, Sheep
and Goat Market Situation, Preparing Does for Kidding Season, Kidding
Time Concerns, Pasture Renovation for Better Goat Production, Grazing
Turnips and Goat Milk Characteristic by Breed - (PDF
version)
June 2008, Scrapie Eradication Program – National Scrapie Eradication Program (NSEP), Kentucky
Department of Agriculture Scrapie Program,
Kentucky Master Goat Grazer Program, and Developing a Pasture into a
Grazing System (PDF version)
February 2008, Kidding
Edition – Slaughter Kid and Replacement Doe Economic Out-Look, Assisting
in the Kidding Process, Bottle Feeding Kids, Creep Feeding Kids, Steps to
Improve Kid Survival, Doe Care and Feeding, Forage Management for the
Spring Grazing Season (PDF version)
September
2007, Dealing
with Hay Shortages and High Corn Prices, The Dry Weather Edition! (PDF version)
April 2007, Potential for Using Goats
as a Vegetation Management Tool, KSU:
Goat Herd Improvement Program, Organic Internal Parasite Management &
Application of Farm Gastrointestinal Parasite Assessment (FARM-GPA) (PDF version)
December 2006,
Buying Low and Selling High!, Kidding Season Preparation and Kid Care,
Goat Health Management Tips, Take Care with Hooves in Wet Weather (PDF version)
July, 2006, Evaluation of Distillers
Dried Grains, Soybean Hulls and Whole Corn for Growing and Finishing Meat
Goats, Sept. 28, Goat Production at All Commodity Field Day, Southern
Consortium for Small Ruminant Parasite Control, Digital FAMACHA on the
PDA, Aug. 29, Regional Forage Field Day at SIPAC, Aug. 4, Buck
Performance Sale (PDF version)
April, 2006, 2006 Goat Market Situation
and Outlook, Successful Renovation of Tall Fescue with Serecia Lespedeza and Brown Tyne Chicory, Goat Health
Issues (PDF version)
Nov. - Dec. 2005 Overview of Artificial
Insemination of Meat and Dairy Goats, Economics of AI, Planning Winter
Feeding Program, Add Value to Kentucky Products by Feeding Distillers
Dried Grains (PDF version)
July, 2005 Meat Goat
and Sheep Workshop UK and Purdue July 30, Mineral Supplementation for
Goats, Selection to Meet Production Goals, Meningeal
Worm-A new Risk, AI Clinics (PDF version)
April, 2005 Results of
the 2004 County FAMACHA Trials, How to renovate Steep Terrain Pastures,
Foot Scald Vaccine Study (PDF
version)
November - December
2004 Meat Goat Prices at Record Highs & Tobacco Barn Renovation for
Meat Goat Production (PDF
version)
August - September 2004
Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service Evaluates FAMACHA (PDF version)
June - July 2004 "Enough To Make Your Skin Crawl" Goat
Skin Disease (PDF version)
April - May 2004 Summer Annuals Provide a Great Escape for
Grazing Goats (PDF version)
March 2004 Goats in Vegetation Management Workshop April 15 /
Gastro-Intestinal Parasite Survival Kit for Goats (PDF version)
February 2004 Goat Foot Rot / Goats in Vegetation Management
Workshop April 15 (PDF version)
December-January 2003/2004 Livestock Tracking Systems/ Goat Meat
Market Report for 2003 (PDF version)
October-Novermber 2003 (PDF version)
August-September 2003 (PDF version)
July 2003 (PDF version)
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