Farm Help

When it comes to raising, training and showing livestock it is crucial that the handler is comfortable around animals and has the patience to work with their cattle to help them become comfortable as well.

With careful planning and management prescribed burns can be beneficial to grazing pastures and wildlife management.

Area cattle producers have pursued a number of options recently when weaning their calves.

"Pinkeye refers to an inflammation of the eye and surrounding tissues,” said Dr. John Middleton, associate professor and section head, for Food Animal Medicine and Surgery with the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Missouri. “Classically, the term ‘pinkeye’ in cattle has been synonymous with the condition termed infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK) caused by the bacterium Moraxella bovis.”

With careful planning and management, prescribed burns can be beneficial to grazing pastures and wildlife management.

People frequently take veterinary decisions into their own hands. When an animal is sick or involved in an accident, the farmer has to do something, or run the risk of losing the animal.

A University of Missouri researcher hopes his work may help prevent ticks from transmitting anaplasmosis to cattle, other animals and people.

Every beef cattle expert out there will tell you the pre-partum nutrition of a cow will affect the quality of colostrum produced. And, we know that calves need colostrum to stay alive.

Sheep and goats are much more prone to die from infestations. According to Elizabeth Walker, assistant professor in animal science at the Missouri State University William H. Darr School of Agriculture, de-worming sheep and goats is just one tool for combating internal and external parasites. “De-worming should only be used as part of an integrated parasite management plan.”

"Pinkeye refers to an inflammation of the eye and surrounding tissues,” said Dr. John Middleton, associate professor and section head, for Food Animal Medicine and Surgery with the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Missouri. “Classically, the term ‘pinkeye’ in cattle has been synonymous with the condition termed infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK) caused by the bacterium Moraxella bovis.”