Livestock information

Missouri Livestock Symposium - Website, Facebook

Horses

• Horse owners advised to take caution in light of Equine Herpesvirus (EHV-1) outbreak.

Beef

• Learn how to fit and show cattle from this two-part video produced by the American Angus Association (Part 1: 7:06 minutes) (Part 2: 10:06 minutes)
• Early Weaning Strategies
• Artificial Insemination Breeding Barns - available for check out
• 25 ideas for keeping feed costs in check (PDF)
• Artificial Insemination in beef cattle (PDF) | PPT
• MU Commercial Agriculture Beef Focus Team
• Estrous Synchronization Courses — Fundamentals of Beef Reproduction and Management: Focus on Estrus Synchronization
• Reducing winter feed costs starts this summer (PDF)
• The Estrous Cycle in Cattle: Physiology and Endocrinology (PDF) | PPT

Dogs

• Basic canine care and nutrition (PDF) | PPT

General livestock

• History of the animal science industry (PDF) | PPT
• Do-it-yourself projects

Pastures

• Single ingredient pasture herbicides (PDF) by Leon McIntyre

Rabbit

• Rabbit production (PDF) | PPT

Sheep

• Time of feeding can affect your bottom line (PDF)

Swine

• MU Commercial Agriculture Swine Focus Team