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Keeping Livestock Healthy

Keeping Livestock Healthy. Joy Jones, Tillamook County 4-H & Agriculture Agent Oregon State University Extension Service. Keeping Livestock Healthy. Prepare for your animal before you get one Learn about the animal. Prepare a place for it. Shelter Fencing Plan on how you will care for it.

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Keeping Livestock Healthy

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  1. Keeping Livestock Healthy Joy Jones, Tillamook County 4-H & Agriculture Agent Oregon State University Extension Service

  2. Keeping Livestock Healthy • Prepare for your animal before you get one • Learn about the animal. • Prepare a place for it. • Shelter • Fencing • Plan on how you will care for it. • Feed • Water • Hauling • Handling them if they are wild or when they need vet care.

  3. Keeping Livestock Healthy • Provide a safe facility • Look for hazards. • Make sure it is in good repair. • Provide shelter.

  4. Keeping Livestock Healthy • Select Healthy Animals • Learn about the kind of animal you are buying before purchasing it. • Know what problems to look for • For example: Sheep – foot rot • Don’t bring problems home

  5. Keeping Livestock Healthy • Haul your animals safely • Provide protection from the elements. • Sun • Wind • Rain

  6. Keeping Livestock Healthy • Isolate new animals to prevent spreading diseases to your other animals. • Watch for signs of disease • Coughing • Nasal discharge • Diarrhea • Rapid breathing, panting

  7. Keeping Livestock Healthy • Isolate new animals for at least 2 weeks. • Watch for fighting when you do add a new animal to a group. • Can be a serious problem with pigs • They can become overheated • May be injured

  8. Keeping Livestock Healthy • Do not change the animal’s diet rapidly. • Find out what your animal has been eating. • Give it similar feed while it adjusts to its’ new home. • Do not change amounts quickly. • Provide clean water.

  9. Keeping Livestock Healthy • Vaccinate your animals • Learn what diseases are common in your area. • Check with the producer to see what vaccinations your animal has received. • Administer booster shots as needed.

  10. Keeping Livestock Healthy • Monitor your animal’s health • Know what signs and symptoms to look for. • Example: “shipping fever” or pneumonia

  11. Keeping Livestock Healthy • Monitor your animal’s health • Develop a routine for checking your animal • If your animal doesn’t come for feed, don’t ignore it… check on it! • If your animal acts unusual, don’t ignore it… check on it!

  12. Keeping Livestock Healthy • Look at your animal! • Check their feed and water regularly. • Don’t wait till “Saturday” to do something about a potential problem. • It might be too late!

  13. Keeping Livestock Healthy • Be prepared • Learn what your animal’s normal temperature should be. • Have a rectal thermometer and know how it should be used. • Know who you will contact if your animal is really sick.

  14. Keeping Livestock Healthy • Veterinary Practices Law • In Oregon it is illegal for someone other than a licensed veterinarian to diagnose and treat another person’s animal. • This includes 4-H Leaders and friends. • It is punishable with a fine. • Individual’s may diagnose and treat their own animals.

  15. Keeping Livestock Healthy • When treatment is necessary: • Administer it as directed • Use correct method • Example: sub-cutaneous or intramuscular injection • Follow the timeline • Example: administer every 48 hours

  16. Keeping Livestock Healthy • When treatment is necessary: • Administer it as directed • Use the product only as directed • By your veterinarian • According to the label instructions • Avoid “Meat Animal Drug. Withdrawal” violations. • Avoid show rule violations.

  17. Keeping Livestock Healthy • Develop a parasite prevention plan • Learn what parasites are problems for your area and type of animal. • Monitor for parasites. • Example: take fecal samples • Develop a schedule • Observe “Meat Animal Drug Withdrawal” periods.

  18. Keeping Livestock Healthy • Preventing diseases is better than treating them • Generally less costly • And more successful • Animals that are sick tend to go “off feed” and don’t gain weight. • Some never completely recover. • Some die!

  19. Keeping Livestock Healthy • Tame your animal • Calm animals are healthier. • Reduce stress • Reduce disease

  20. Keeping Livestock Healthy • Tame your animal • Hand feeding may be a better choice than using an automatic feeder. • Halter break animals early. • Brush or scratch them often.

  21. Keeping Livestock Healthy • Keep facilities clean • Clean water • Help prevent coccidiosis – keep feces out of water. • Clean feed • Help prevent worms. • Clean pen • Help reduce pathogens. • Clean air • Help reduce respiratory infections.

  22. Keeping Livestock Healthy • Be prepared. • Prevent problems before they happen. • Be vigilant – watch your animal. • Act quickly – seek help when needed. • Follow through on prescribed treatments.

  23. Keeping Your 4-H Market Animals Healthy Available at: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/4h/4-h140.pdf

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