Herd Health CD Available

Nov 20, 2007 9:56 AM

Source: Texas Cooperative Extension

Texas Cooperative Extension has developed an interactive CD to help cattle producers manage herd health.

"This program will help producers select and schedule month-by-month health and production management practices," said Buddy Faries, Extension program leader for veterinary medicine. "The calendar helps them do the right thing at the right time."

The CD includes an interactive calendar that allows a cattleman to generate a management schedule to fit the length of his calving season and the month it begins. "A livestock producer should not manage herd health according to a calendar year or the coincidence of vacations when family members congregate," said Wayne Thompson, county Extension agent and developer of the program. "This program presents a checklist of management tasks based on the first month of calving -- a point in time that typically is not January."

The CD is user-friendly and has demonstration videos for each activity, as well as a library of publications. It is available for $98 from county Extension agents in Texas or can be ordered from the online bookstore at http://tcebookstore.org, publication number SP-289.

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