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Livestock

Program Contact: Kathryn Hoogheem, Agriculture Extension Coordinator
(509) 684-2588 • kathryn.hoogheem@wsu.edu

General Livestock Resources

A beginners Guide to Raising Animals for Meat: Washington State Department of Agriculture website for getting started raising animals for meat production. Animal Husbandry | Washington State Department of Agriculture

Livestock Heat Stress: Recognition, Response, and Prevention 

Livestock Management and Water Quality

Livestock Pests Study Guide 

Feed-ology: How to Read a Feed Tag

See WSU Animal Agriculture of more resources.

 

Beef Cattle Resources

Cattle Vaccine Handling and Management Guidelines

Feeding Beef Cattle I: The Realities of Low-Quality Forages

Feeding Beef Cattle II: Fetal Programing—Rethinking Cow/Calf Feeding Programs

Mineral Supplementation of Beef Cattle in the Pacific Northwest

Price Indices for Estimating Cattle Prices in the Pacific Northwest

Supplementing Cattle on Drought Affected Pastures and Ranges

See WSU Extension Beef Cattle for more resources.

 

Dairy Cattle Resources

DAIRY CALF TREATMENT FOR DIARRHEA: ARE THE DRUGS WE USE EFFECTIVE? 

See WSU Extension Dairy Cattle for more resources.

 

Poultry

Break-even Analysis of Small Scale Production of Pastured Organic Poultry

Feeding Meat-Type Chickens

See WSU Extension Other Species for more resources.

 

Horses

West Nile Virus: Protecting Your Horses

See WSU Extension Horses for more resources.

 

Livestock Marketing Information Center

WSU is a member of a national marketing data and analysis clearinghouse representing most land grant universities. We provide a bi-weekly newsletter on livestock marketing with local prices, national analysis, and useful news related to livestock markets. You can request to be added to this listserv by sending a blank email to SUBSCRIBE-LIVESTOCKMARKETS@lyris.cahnrs.wsu.edu. There are many publicly available resources on their website.