Animals & Livestock
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service offers a wide array of publications, programming resources and events that covers the spectrum of animals within agriculture production from beef cattle to poultry, meat and wool sheep and bison.
Related Departments: Agricultural Economics, Animal Science, Poultry Science, Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management
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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Southwest Dairy Day
This event will give producers and the community the opportunity to learn more about new technologies and advancements that are being made in the dairy industry.
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This publication is a checklist for your egg-to-chick project.
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This publication is a plan for creating a simple brooding unit for classroom use.
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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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Owning backyard chickens and other poultry can be a rewarding hobby, but it does come with risks, specifically from illnesses caused by a Salmonella infection. This publication contains FAQs about disease prevention while raising poultry at home. (3 pages)
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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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This leaflet focuses on control methods such as trapping and poisoning.
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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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Properly vaccinating an entire herd, including pregnant cows, calves, replacement heifers, and bulls can prevent disease outbreaks caused by both dormant and incubating infections. This preconditioning immunization helps unborn, nursing and weanling calves acquire immunity to infectious diseases.