2011

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

• 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

• 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

2010

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

• 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

November 2010

• Prepare a Calving Kit
• Equine Vitals
• Show Pig Biosecurity
• Antibiotic Use in Poultry
• Winter Cow Herd Nutrition Tips
• Dairy Update

2009

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

• 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

• Animal Health--Calf Diarrhea
• Beef--Louisiana Branded Beef
• Swine--Biosecurity for Show Pig Producers
• Poultry--THe Cost of Cage vs. Cage-free Produced Eggs

2008

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

• 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?

• 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?

• 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

2007

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

2006

February 2006

• Swine--Pseudorabies and Feral Swine in the United States
• Poultry
• Dairy--Milk Production, Cow Numbers and Prices
• Beef--Source Verification

• 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?

• 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

2005

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

• 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

• 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

2004

February 2004

• Horses--Transporting Horses
• Beef
• Poultry--National Situation
• Dairy--Milk Prices, MILC, and Milk-feed Ratio
• Animal Helath--January Was Hard on Cattle

• 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

• 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

2003

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

• 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

• Animal Health--Plant Poisons Cocklebur Poisoning in Calves
• Dairy--Milk Prices
• Poultry--Poultry Growers are Volunterring to Improve Enviromnental Management

• Animal Health--A Look Back at Disease Control
• Horses--Tapeworms
• Poultry--Exotic Newcastle Disease (END) Experimental Vaccine
• Dairy--Milk Prices

2002

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

• 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

• 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

2001

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

Animal Industry News Update

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.

2012

 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

• Vaccinate Horses!
• Swine Influenza
• Benchmarking and Profitability
• Reducing Winter Cowherd Costs
• Dairy Update
• Fowl Pox

• 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?

• 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

2013

December 2013

• What’s new in the School of Animal Sciences?
• Feeding Show Animals and Poultry - Science or Art?
• Meat Demand Continues to Show Strength
• Hunter Alert: Feral Pigs can be Infected with Brucellosis and Leptospirosis
• Gastric Ulcers: A performance reducing issue
• Bayou Beef Profitability Tips
• Green Muscle Disease Occurrence is Linked to a Blood Enzyme

• Developmental Duplication in Angus Cattle
• Show Pig Feed Intake and Growth During Extremely High Environmental Temperatures
• 2013-2014 Louisiana Calf to Carcass Program
• West Nile Prevention in Horses
• Current Chicken Market Dynamics
• Body Condition Scoring: A Cowherd’s Fuel Gauge
• Show Season

• The Mosquito Transferred Viruses (West Nile Virus, Eastern Equine Encephalitis, Western Equine Encephalitis) and Poultry

June 2013

• It's That Time Again! Disaster Readiness for Beef and Dairy Producers
• Wholesale Meat and Poultry Prices Higher
• Show Pig Nutrition During the Louisiana Summer
• Summer Hauling
• Poultry Biosecurity Plans: It is time to review them!
• Dairy Update
• Summer Cowherd Management Tips

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

2014

December 2014

2015

December 2015

• Future Cattle Prices?
• Pregnancy Toxemia
• Equine Insulin Resistance
• Chicken Production: The Facts

• Should Beef Producers Implement Genotyping Technologies/DNA testing into their Selection Strategies?

• Anhidrosis in Horses

• Winter Feeding Beef Cattle

• Preventing Avian Influenza and other Poultry Diseases

• Aging Goats by Mouthing

• Common lameness issues in barrel racing horses 
• Foot Scald and Foot Rot in Sheep and Goats
• Consumer Demand and Value-Added Opportunities
• Reducing Heat Stress in Livestock
• Transmission of Avian Influenza

• Equine Infectious Anemia in Louisiana
• Goat Predator Control
• Utilization of traditional performance tested bulls versus forage tested bulls
• Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus Disinfectant
• Avian Influenza
• Analysis of Tax Records for Management Decisions