Spring weather can mean new challenges for sheep and goat producers, says David Fernandez, Ph.D., Extension livestock specialist and interim assistant dean of academic programs for the University of ...

It is not just the livestock and the grass that have been growing this spring in response to the un-Texas like rains. Parasites have been a major cause of death and disease in our small ruminants ...

Spring weather can mean new challenges for sheep and goat producers, says David Fernandez, Extension livestock specialist at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff School of Agriculture, Fisheries ...

Recently, there’s been a surge in misinformation online claiming that lye (sodium hydroxide) can be used to deworm goats and other livestock. These claims are not only unsupported by science — they’re ...

For the Love of Goats In this insightful and eye-opening episode, host Deborah Niemann is joined by Tammy Gallagher of Shady Paddock Farm in Texas to discuss the challenges of dewormer resistance and ...

Goats are normally kept in large numbers in arid and semi-arid areas because of their ability to survive by browsing even when the grass dries up and accessing forage where other domestic animals ...

SAN ANGELO -- West Texas along with much of the state, has been in various stages of drought for so long that sheep and goat parasite problems may be the last thing on a producer's mind. But with ...