The Animal Industry News Update is a quarterly newsletter from the animal science, veterinary science, and livestock economics extension specialists of the LSU AgCenter. The purpose of this newsletter is to provide current, research-based animal industry information to county agents, 4-H agents, and animal producers.
For more information on the Animal Industry News Update, contact Theresia Lavergne.
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March 2013
- Bull Breeding Soundness Evaluations
- Red Meat and Poultry Production Forecasts Continue to Increase
- Equine identification requirements for out of state travel
- 2013 State 4-H and FFA Livestock Judging Contest
- Increasing production efficiency in the cowherd without increasing inputs
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December 2012
- Diagnostic Plan for Weak and Stillborn Calves
- "New" Bedding for Broilers
- Broiler Production Continues to Face Positives and Negatives
- Basic Feeding for Horses in Winter
- What is this calf worth?
- Dairy Update
- Replacement Heifer Management-FAQ's
September 2012
- Vaccinate Horses!
- Swine Influenza
- Benchmarking and Profitability
- Reducing Winter Cowherd Costs
- Dairy Update
- Fowl Pox
June 2012
- Equine Vaccinations
- The Use of Ultrasound Technology in Today's Beef Cattle Industry
- Current Animal Disease Research
- U.S. Meat and Poultry Production in Year-to-Date 2012
- Think Before You Creep
- Chicken Labels - Confusing?
March 2012
- Plan for Summer: Minimize the Stress of Parasites
- Improving Sow Housing Facilities
- Broiler Chicken Production Continues to Slide
- Dairy Update
- Spring Cowherd Management Tips
- Proposed Federal Poultry Inspection Procedures
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December 2011
- Biosecurity
- Show Pig Vaccinations
- Updated Equine Deworming Protocol
- Cattle on Feed Placements and Slaughter Levels
- Cattleman's New Year's Resolution
- Dairy Update
September 2011
- Common Diseases Affecting Small Poultry Flocks
- Lameness in Show Pigs
- Broiler Chicken Industry Situation Recap
- Beef Quality Assurance Program Update
- Equine Disaster Planning
- Hidden Hay Dangers
- Dairy Update
June 2011
- Heat Stress in Livestock
- Tips to Avoid Heat Stress in Poultry
- Minimizing Heat Stress in Show Pigs
- Year-to-Date U.S. Cattle Slaughter Rate
- Avoiding Heat Stress in Youth Livestock Projects
- Avoiding Equine Heat Stress in Louisiana
- Dairy Update
March 2011
- Use of Pharmaceuticals in Food-Producing Animals
- Swine Herd Health Program for Show-pig Breeders
- Updates and New Recommendations for Equine Deworming
- New USDA Standards to Reduce Foodborne Pathogens in Poultry
- "An Egg a Day" is Further Justified
- Dairy Update
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May 2010
- Swine--Making Show Pigs Out of Nursery Pigs
- Tractor Safety
- Animal Health--10 Tips for Precenting Clinical Exacerbation of Heaves in Horses
- Dairy--Milk Prices and Profitability
- Poultry--Pro-Animal Agriculture Groups
- Beef--Preparing the Cow Herd for the Breeding Season
August 2010
- Poultry--GIPSA
- Beef--Beef Cattle Reproductive Efficiency (Profitability)
- Swine--Swine Health and Diseases (Blue Ear Disease)
- Animal Health--Frequently Asked Questions: Livestock Show Animal Health
- Dairy--Milk Prices
- Beef--Management Practices that Will Save You Money at Marketing Time
- Horses--The Unwanted Horse
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May 2009
- Swine--Improving Conception Rates Using Artificial Insemination
- Poultry--Animal Welfare Group Continues to Target the Poultry and Livestock Industries
- Animal Health--Bovine Trichomoniasis
- Dairy--Milk Prices
August 2009
- Poultry--The Meat and Poultry Industries are Important to the U.S.'s (and Louisiana's) Economy!
- Swine/Beef--Show Pig Vaccinations
- Animal Health--Disaster Readiness Checklist for Beef Producers and Horse Owners
- Dairy--Milk Prices
November 2009
- Animal Health--Calf Diarrhea
- Beef--Louisiana Branded Beef
- Swine--Biosecurity for Show Pig Producers
- Poultry--THe Cost of Cage vs. Cage-free Produced Eggs
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February 2008
- Horses--2008 Equine Outlook (National Situation)
- Animal Health--Preparing a Calving Kit
- Poultry--Poultry and Eggs (National Situation)
- Beef--Stocker-Backgrounding Programs
- Dairy--Dairy Update
May 2008
- Animal Health--Anaplasmosis
- Horses--Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM)
- Swine--Show Pig Vaccinations and Circovirus
- Dairy--Milk Prices, Production, and Cow Numbers
- Poultry--Antibiotic Resistance in Poultry?
August 2008
- Horses--Purchasing Hay for Your Horses
- Animal Health--Time to Look at Last Year's Calving Season
- Dairy--Milk Prices, Production, and Cow Numbers
- Poultry--Poultry Production, Food Safety, Public Health, and California's Proposition 2?
November 2008
- Animal Health--Get Ready for Winter Now
- Beef
- Poultry--In-House Pasteurization/Composting of Litter is Beneficial for Broiler Production
- Horses--Preparing for the 2009 Breeding Season
- Dairy--Milk Prices, Production, and Cow Numbers
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February 2007
- Animal Health--Get Ready for Winter Now
- Dairy--Milk Marketing; Milk Prices and Cow Numbers
- Horses--Marketing Horses
- Poultry--National Situation
- Swine--Lameness in Pigs
- Beef--Ethanol and the Beef Industry
May 2007
- Horses--Developing Horse Facilities
- Animal Health--Avoiding Feed-related Problems in Horses
- Swine--2007 Pork Market; Pork Quality Assurance Plus
- Dairy--Dairy Update
- Poultry--Energy Usage and Sources
- Beef--Keys for Efficiencies of Production
August 2007
- Swine--Oxytocin Use by Show Pig Breeders
- Poultry--Trees for Poultry Farms
- Animal Health--Heat Stress
- Dairy--Milk Prices
- Beef--Gulf Coast Beef Cattle Education Alliance
Novemeber 2007
- Horses--Maintaining a Healthy Digestive System in Your Horse
- Animal Health--Hunter Alert: Feral Pigs Can Be Infected With Brucellosis
- Poultry--In-house Air Quality
- Dairy--Milk and Feed Prices
- Beef
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February 2006
- Swine--Pseudorabies and Feral Swine in the United States
- Poultry
- Dairy--Milk Production, Cow Numbers and Prices
- Beef--Source Verification
May 2006
- Poultry--Good Neighbor Relations
- Horses--Water for Horses
- Dairy--Milk-feed Ration Drops Again
- Swine--Swine Brucellosis
- Beef--Many Signs Point to Diminishing Returns for Cow-Calf Producers; Efficiencies...Where Does Your Bottom Line Lead You?
August 2006
- Animal Health
- Poultry--Testing Wild Birds for Avian Influenza
- Dairy--Milk Volume, Components, and Prices
- Swine--Pork and Omega Fatty Acids
- Horses--Fall Broodmare Care
- Beef--Effects of Drought
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May 2005
- Animal Health--So Far It Is Drier Than 2004
- Poultry--PETA's Campaign Against the Poultry Industry
- Dairy
- Horses--Water Needs of the Horse
- Swine--Pork Production Trends and Topics
- Beef
August 2005
- Poultry--Controlled Atmosphere Stunning (CAS) for Broilers?
- Animal Health--Anthrax
- Dairy--Milk Prices and Production
- Horses--10 Tips for Preventing Clinical Exacerbation of Heaves in Horses
- Beef
- Horses--Dealig with Summer Heat
- Swine--Swine Genetics--Past, Present, and Future
November 2005
- Animal Health--Show Season
- Horses--Developing a Horse Breeding Program
- Swine--Show Pig Health
- Poultry--Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
- Dairy--Milk Production and Prices
- Beef
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February 2004
- Horses--Transporting Horses
- Beef
- Poultry--National Situation
- Dairy--Milk Prices, MILC, and Milk-feed Ratio
- Animal Helath--January Was Hard on Cattle
May 2004
- Animal Health--Mad Cow Surveillance
- Poultry--Bird Flu
- Beef--USDA Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman Announces Framework for National Animal Identification System (NAIS)
- Dairy--Milk Prices
- Horses--2004 Louisiana Horse Industry Update
August 2004
- Animal Health--Torpedograss Became Toxic
- Poultry--Catastrophic Composting
- Dairy--Milk Prices, Milk-feed Ratio, Cow Numbers
- Beef--Master Cattle Producer Update
- Horses--Age-related Effects on Fertility on the Mare
November 2004
- Animal Health--A Medley of Potential Problems Producers May See Include...
- Horses--Detecting Lameness in Horses
- Beef--Possible BSE Cow Turns Up Negative
- Dairy--Milk Prices
- Poultry--Reducing Energy Costs in Poultry Houses
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February 2003
- Beef--A DNA Test for Tenderness
- Beef--Investing in Beef Cattle
- Poultry--Exotic Newscastle Disease
- Dairy--Lower the SCC
- Horses--Buying Your First Horse
May 2003
- Animal Health--West Nile Virus (WNV)
- Poultry--Shrinking U.S. Chicken Industry?
- Beef--Virus May Help Clean Up Food Poisoning Bacteria
- Dairy--Milk Prices
- Swine--Factors That Affect Pork Quality
August 2003
- Animal Health--Plant Poisons Cocklebur Poisoning in Calves
- Dairy--Milk Prices
- Poultry--Poultry Growers are Volunterring to Improve Enviromnental Management
November 2003
- Animal Health--A Look Back at Disease Control
- Horses--Tapeworms
- Poultry--Exotic Newcastle Disease (END) Experimental Vaccine
- Dairy--Milk Prices
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February 2002
- Beef--Slower Moving Cattle Taste Better
- Horses--Deworming
- Economics--The Economic Research Service, USDA
- Dairy--Milk Prices
- Poultry
- Swine--Zinc in Show Pig Nursery Diets
May 2002
- Swine--Environmental Advantages to Feeding Paylean™
- Poultry--Controlling Odor
- Beef--"Roughing" Calves over the Winter has Consequences
- Animal Health--Check Several Heifers for BVD Virus Activity in Your Herd
- Horses--Fat in Horse Diets
- Dairy--Dairy Update
August 2002
- Horses--Behavioral Problems in Horses
- Poultry--Biosecurity
- Beef--FDA Has Approved CIDR Inserts for Cattle
- Animal Health--Encephalomyelitis in Horses
- Cattle Inventory--July 2002 Cattle Inventory
- Swine--Reducing Stress in Heavily Muscled Horses
- Dairy--Biosecurity on a Dairy Farm
November 2002
- Dairy--Dairy Update
- Veterinary Update--Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
- Beef--Consumers Don't Appear Ready for Transgenic Beef
- Swine--APP Theft Alerts Livestock Producers to Review Biosecurity Measures
- Poultry--Cool Weather and Rodents
- Horses--Preparing the Mare for the Breeding Season
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February 2001
- Dairy
- Swine--Irradiation of Pig Diets
- Poultry
- Beef
- Animal Health--Mad Cow; New USDA Animal Tuberculosis Risk Classification; Texas Had No Known Brucellosis Infected Cattle Herds; National Brucellosis Situation Also is at Zero Infected Herds
- Beef--A Vaccine to Protect Cattle Against Fescue's Fungal Toxins
May 2001
- USDA Baseline Estimates
- Poultry--Irradiation of Poultry Products?
- Swine--Pork Production Without Antibiotics?
- Animal Health--Beef Calf Mortaility; Safe Weed Control; Mastitis in Beef Cows
- Beef--Electronic Video Image Grading System for Packers
- Dairy--Milk Prices
- Sheep--Foot (Hoof)-and-Mouth Disease Facts
August 2001
- Beef--New Advancements in the Study of Dystocia
- Poultry--Campylobacter; Mare Reproductive Syndrome
- Animal Health; Eastern Equine Encephalitis; West Nile Virus; Anthrax in Texas; Rabies in Louisiana
- Dairy Update
- Swine
November 2001
- Beef--Selection of Cattle for Fly Resistance
- Animal Health--Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD)
- Swine--Pork Producer Biosecurity and Livestock Disease
- Horses--Cool Season Mangement Practices
- Poultry--Cold Weather Brooding
- Dairy Update--Milk Prices
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May 2000
- Beef-- Things Change; New Grades for Cattle
- Dairy-- Wisconsin politicians never seem to get it right
- Swine-- Pig Respiratory Health
- Poultry
- Sheep
- Animal Health-- Drought in Southeast and River Parishes
August 2000
- Economics--FAPRI 2000: U.S. Baseline Briefing Book
- Swine--National Pork Checkoff Referendum; Environmental Issues
- Poultry
- Animal Health--Bovine Brucellosis; Bovine TB; Oral Vaccine for Shipping Fever; Cooling Overheated Horses; Ulcers in Horses
- Beef--Are Meat, Milk, and Eggs Safe?; Not Just Trash--Realizing More Value from Cull Animals
- Dairy--Milk Prices
- Sheep--Lamb Meat Adjustment Assistance
November 2000
- Animal Health--Nitrates in Forages; No Evidence of Chronic Wasting Disease; Louisiana's Brucellosis-free Status Regained
- Poultry--Poultry Producers are Environmental Stewards
- Beef--New Advances in Technology; Growth Implants Can Have Added Benefit--Healthier Cattle
- Sheep--FY 2001 Agricultural Appropriations includes $20 Million in Wool Payments for 2000 Clip
- Dairy--Dairy Update
- Swine--Feeding Paylean™ to Market Pigs and Show Pigs; Pig Feed Palatability Demonstration
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