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Impact Report
For plan | Profitable Livestock Production (Socorro County) |
Date | October 27, 2010, 5:22 pm |
For Objective | Long-term Show long-term objectives |
Impact Report | Trichomoniasis has become a serious issue for beef producers in New Mexico. This venereal disease in cattle can cause some devastating economic losses for producers if they are not aware of the potential for it to become a problem in their herd. Calf crop percentages drop to 40-60 percent or below in problem herds, and many producers have blamed poor nutrition when it has not been the cause. Forty-eight beef producers attended a Trichomoniasis workshop in August and gained insist into this problem for the beef industry. Dr. Wenzel and Dr. Hanosh presented the workshop going into great detail about the disease and management practices. This was a collaboration between Catron, Sierra, and Socorro Extension Services and Farm Bureau. Producer’s were evaluated with all gaining knowledge, and several producers were going to implement testing of bulls and others were going to make some larger management decisions, such as starting a breeding program and only turning bulls out at certain times rather than continuously being out. |