Goat and sheep series returns in February

By OSU Extension

COLUMBUS — Animal-breeding effi­ciency and drought’s effect on pas­tures will be two of the top­ics at hand when Ohio State Uni­ver­sity Exten­sion co-sponsors the 2013 Sheep and Goat WebEx Pro­gram Series in February.

The online series will be hosted at var­i­ous Ohio loca­tions, Feb. 4, 11, 18 and 25. Other spon­sors are the Ohio Sheep Improve­ment Asso­ci­a­tion (OSIA) and the OSU Sheep Team.

The pro­gram is part of an ongo­ing effort to equip sheep and goat pro­duc­ers with infor­ma­tion to improve their oper­a­tions, said Roger High, OSIA exec­u­tive direc­tor and OSU Exten­sion state sheep pro­gram specialist.

“The top­ics we are cov­er­ing this year come from sur­veys that we have done with sheep and goat farm­ers to find out their inter­est areas,” he said. “The speak­ers are experts in their topic areas, and with two of the speak­ers being out of state, the WebEx online for­mat allows them to pro­vide edu­ca­tional pro­gram­ming with­out actu­ally com­ing to Ohio.”

All ses­sions will be avail­able at 17 loca­tions across Ohio, most of them OSU Exten­sion offices. A com­plete list of host sites is avail­able at http://ohiosheep.org/webex.html or by call­ing 614–246-8298.

There is no cost to take part in the series, but some host­ing sites may charge a pro­gram or refresh­ment fee. Please check with your site for fee or pre-registration details.

For more infor­ma­tion, con­tact High at 614–292-0589 or rhigh@ofbf.org.

Top­ics and experts:

• Feb. 4: “Vaccination

Pro­grams for Sheep and Goat Oper­a­tions,” Eric Gor­don, Ohio State large-animal veterinarian.

• Feb. 11: “Arti­fi­cial Insem­i­na­tion Tech­niques of Sheep and Goats,” Meghan Wulster-Radcliffe, CEO, Amer­i­can Soci­ety of Ani­mal Sciences.

• Feb. 18: “Man­ag­ing Pas­tures and Hay Fields after a Drought,” Jeff McCutcheon and Rory Lewandowski, OSU Extension.

• Feb. 25: “Use of EAZI-BREED CIDR for Sheep and Goat Operations,” Keith Inskeep, West Vir­ginia University.

(OSU Exten­sion is the out­reach arm of Ohio State’s Col­lege of Food, Agri­cul­tural, and Envi­ron­men­tal Sciences.)

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