Category: Livestock

Wild horses on Paynes Prairie.

What’s New on Ask IFAS: Veterinary Medicine (Sept.–Oct.)


November 5, 2025

Pregnancy Toxemia (Ketosis) in Ewes and Does Kari Hancock, Martha Mallicote, Sally DeNotta, and Brittany N. Diehl. This article is meant to provide producers with a general overview of pregnancy toxemia, or ketosis, in small ruminants. First ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Livestock, Pests & Disease
Tags: College Of Veterinary Medicine, First Aid, Horses, Ketosis, Pregnancy Toxemia, Small Ruminants
Top down vantage point aerial drone image over lily pads, water, and grasslands at Ordway Swisher Biological Station. Photo taken 05-06-25.

What’s New on Ask IFAS: Agronomy (Sept.–Oct.)


November 5, 2025

Potential and Economic Valuation of Carbon in Grasslands Kevin R. Trumpp, Chang Zhao, and José C. Dubeux. Grasslands have great potential for removing carbon from the atmosphere, helping contribute to the state economy while regulating greenhouse ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Livestock
Tags: Agronomy Department, Beef Cattle, Carbon, Dove Hunting, Field Management, Forage, Grasslands, South Florida

New EDIS/Ask IFAS Documents Published by Veterinary Medicine During July and August


September 8, 2025

Read the latest Veterinary Medicine publications for July and August 2025. In this post, you can click on the title of interest to go to the Ask IFAS page and download the document in PDF format. Stay informed about the latest contributions ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Disaster Preparation, Farm Management, Livestock, Pests & Disease, Work & Life
Tags: Ask IFAS, College Of Veterinary Medicine, EDIS, Hurricane Preparation, Poultry, Small Ruminants
Three baby chicks.

New EDIS/Ask IFAS Documents Published by Animal Sciences during May and June


July 3, 2025

Discover the latest research and practical solutions from UF/IFAS experts. These are the new EDIS/Ask IFAS documents published by Animal Sciences during May and June. Stay informed and inspired with our updates! Enfermedades Aviares Transmisibles ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Livestock, Pests & Disease
Tags: Animal Sciences Department, Ask IFAS, EDIS, Enfermedades Aviares, Internal Parasites, Small Ruminants
Beef cattle feeding facilities at the NFREC Beef Unit in Marianna, Florida. Building, structures, stockades, feeding, cattle, beef production.

The Economic Impact of Feed Efficiency in Beef Cattle


January 6, 2016

A well-run, profitable business is usually more efficient than its competitors. In the case of the beef cattle industry, competition can come from two sources: other producers who sell similar classes of cattle, and other protein-producing species, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Livestock, Money Matters
Tags: Animal Sciences Department, Beef Cattle, Darren D. Henry, Economic Impact, Feed Efficiency, Feed To Gain Ratio, G. Cliff Lamb, Major Revision, North Florida Research And Education Center, Residual Feed Intake, Travis D. Maddock
Figure 1. Children can learn the science of life through the 4-H Embryology Project. Credit: Marcus Boston, UF/IFAS

Eggcellent Adventures in Classroom Embryology


October 28, 2015

Eggcellent Adventures in Classroom Embryology is about learning through experience. In most cases, when a teacher signs up to teach chicken embryology in the classroom, the teacher sets up the incubator and the teacher and class wait for the ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agriculture, Curriculum, Livestock
Tags: 4-H Poultry & Embryology, 4-H Youth Development, Ag-STEM, Judy Levings, K-12 Education, Shaina Spann, Teaching

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