Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Parasite Management Workshop

O'Pea and Brunello, out and about yesterday afternoon.

SweetPea and her gorgeous pink udder.

JackBadger and BarbaraJean

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then, TennesseeSandy
http://springlakefarm.blogspot.com/ 
and I went to Newland, ate at Carolina BBQ, and attended the
Livestock Integrated Parasite Management Workshop

Sandy is posing with a bag of SweetPea's poop

Outside, we checked eyelids for anemia.

Dr. Niki Whitley, Animal Science Specialist
NC A&T State University Cooperative Extension Program
336.285.4684 ncwhitle@ncat.edu

taught the class 





Inside, we had instruction and checked fecals under a microscope. I am pleased to report that SweetPea is as clean as a whistle, other folks got poor parasite reports.

check out my certificate! SweetPea will be impressed.

6 comments:

Kelly said...

I want to take that class too. I will call the University of Maine and check. Thanks for the info.

Nekkid Chicken said...

OH that is so cool! Good for you and Sweet Pea. Happy Easter, Mal

Mary Ann said...

Still learning from you, and I appreciate it so much! Thanks for more good info! The little bucklings are dolls, too.

Mom L said...

Congratulations to SweetPea for being so healthy, and to you and Mike for having such a healthy farm!

Nancy in Iowa

C and C Antiques and Animals - What a Life! said...

I really like using the famacha method on my farm too! Glad to hear you had a good report on Sweet Pea!

Paula said...

Very cool! Would love to take a class like that. I'm going to check with the GA extension service. Did you get your microscope?