Livestock & Poultry

We provide a wide array of research-based resources, educational programming and expert advice covering topics from animal care and production to best environmental practices for livestock, including poultry, dairy and beef cattle, horses, pigs, sheep and goats.

Related Departments: Animal Science, Entomology, Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management

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Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory

The Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, TVMDL, includes four diagnostic laboratories serving veterinarians, livestock producers and government agencies.

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Publications

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This manual explains how to evaluate horses in contests or as potential purchases.

Note: This is a paid downloadable publication.

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This manual aids in teaching beginners and experienced individuals how to properly evaluate live birds, ready-to-cook poultry, shell eggs, and processed poultry. It also includes information related to poultry production, management, and science and cooperating with others in solving poultry industry problems.

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This publication helps families interested in maintaining a small laying flock to produce eggs for home consumption. It covers housing, feeding and management of pullets and laying hens.

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Programs

We offer numerous free and affordable programs on agriculture and natural resources, family and community health, economic health and youth development. We also offer many volunteer opportunities. Browse the list below.
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The Lone Star Healthy Streams program aims to protect Texas waterways from bacterial contamination from livestock operations and feral hogs that may pose a serious health risk to Texas citizens.

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The Texas 4-H Agriculture & Livestock Program provides a variety of unbiased resources for 4-H/FFA families, leaders and volunteers interested in youth livestock projects and agricultural advocacy.

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Livestock veterinary entomology is the evaluation and understanding of ectoparasites that bite and feed on livestock and companion animals, affecting animals’ thriftiness, behavior, and lifestyle.

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Courses

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Gain exclusive full access to the recordings from all three days of the 2021 short course! The Texas A&M Equine Reproductive Management Short Course is designed for owners and breeding managers who want to learn the most efficient methods for ensuring the success of their breeding programs.

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This course provides accreditation for poultry producers in nuisance odor prevention. Topics include methods for reducing odors, tips for land application of litter, and state-mandated odor control plans.

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This course is designed for youth and collegiate horse judging team members, their coaches, and anyone interested in learning more about horse judging. Learning objectives include understanding the rules for each class, applying the judging guidelines to each class, and learning to articulate placings during oral reasons.

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Egg to Chick

This workshop provides an excellent opportunity to learn about incubating chicken eggs and how that can be used as a science educational opportunity in the classroom. Educational activities include an in-depth discussion on egg formation, embryology, incubation, classroom experiments, and there will be a question and answer session.

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    This publication details two recommended broiler feeding programs as well as one recommended turkey feeding program for successful show birds.

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    This publication is a plan for creating a simple brooding unit for classroom use.

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    This publication is a checklist for your egg-to-chick project.

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    Temperature, humidity, and egg handling are important facets of a successful hatch. This one-page fact sheet also includes information on storing eggs, incubating them, and how to manage the actual hatching process. (1 page)

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    This comprehensive guide provides detailed information on how to maintain the quality during incubation to ensure a maximum hatch.

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    Incubating and hatching chicken eggs can be made into projects that are as simple or as elaborate as you need them to be. This 5-page publication outlines experiments you can use to lay the foundation for understanding broad subjects such as nutrition and the circulatory system, or the basics of data measurement, collection, and analysis. […]

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    Freeze branding of horses has many advantages. It is safe, economical, simple to do, and relatively painless. It can be done on horses of any age and does not damage the horse's hide. This publication gives complete, step-by-step instructions for freeze branding as well as information on branding systems and sites. (4 Pages)

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    Horse owners know the importance of protecting their animals from disease. This publication explains how diseases are transmitted and how horses can be protected by establishing a core vaccination and a risk-based vaccination program. (8 pages)

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    Roughage, fed on a regular basis, helps a horse’s digestive system function properly and meets some percentage of the horse’s daily nutrient requirements.

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    Nutritional well-being is an important part of an effective broodmare operation. The importance of roughage and concentrate feeds in the diets of broodmares at various stages of gestation and during lactation is discussed. (9 Pages)

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