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Thursday, April 26

Leave CVM at 7:30 am for Reedy Fork Farm dairy near Elon College. Interview owner/operator George Teague and collect samples from calves and heifers on pasture and in structures. Observe for signs of fly problems. Return to CVM teaching lab to analyze samples using a modified double centrifugation method. Discuss results.

Host Farm

Articles for Discussion

• 2006_Waller Industry perspectives on novel methods of helminth control
• 2006_Waller Sustainable control strategies by grazing management
• 2017_Kenyon_etal Worm Control in Livestock: Bringing Science to the Field
• 2014_Mcarthur & Reinemeyer Parasite Control in US cattle industry
• 2007_Larsson et al. Dynamics of Pasture infectivity
• 2006_Larsson et al.__ Effects on Animal Performance
• 2014_Bielek_Blueprint for Selecting Parasite Resistant Sheep @ http://www.wormx.info/#!genetics/c1r8n

Supplementary FYI

• ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
• Dairy Check Sheet
• Dairy Grass Based
• Dairy Heifers on Pasture
• Dairy Resources
• Dairy Beef
• Dairy Value Added
• Dairy Economics
• Dairy Energy Efficiency

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