Research and Extension Abstracts

These abstracts were presented at various scientific, extension, and professional meetings. Abstracts cover the main points of a research or extension project. They are peer-reviewed.

Extension

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Teaching integrated parasite management to sheep and goat producers
Teaching integrated parasite management to sheep and goat producers
Using Flickr™ to manage your image collections
Using the internet to extend the reach of small ruminant extension programs in Maryland

Feeding and nutrition

Economical feedstuffs for on-farm meat goat diets

Breeding and genetics

Developing a meat goat performance testing program in Maryland
Initiating a pasture-based meat goat performance testing program in Western Maryland
Pasture-raised Katahdin and Katahdin crossbred lambs: growth and parasite resistance

Health and management

Characterizing the parasite challenge of meat goats grazing summer pastures
Using the FAMACHA© system to control internal parasites in grazing lambs
Using the FAMACHA© system to control internal parasites in goats grazing summer pastures

Meat and carcass

Carcass traits of pasture-raised meat goats
Nutritional and breed effects on carcass traits of Katahdin crossbred lambs

Western Maryland Pasture-Based Meat Goat Performance Test

Yearling rams: Suffolk (L) and SAMM (R)

Coming in from the field (Maryland goat farm)

Division fence (Maryland sheep farm)

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Last updated 08-Jan-2012 by Susan Schoenian.