Farm & Ranch
Tarrant County Extension To Host Veterinary Feed Directive Seminar On July 7
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, June 24, 2016
Contact: Fred M. Hall,
Tarrant County CEA,
Ph: 817.884.1946;
email: [email protected]
Tarrant County Extension To Host Veterinary Feed Directive Seminar On July 7
The new Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) has the potential to affect anyone who feeds a mediated ration and is set to take full effect on January 1, 2017. This seminar will begin the conversation that any feeder needs to have with their veterinary and feed provider. The program will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, July 7 in the Magnolia Room at the Tarrant County Resource Connection located at 1100 Circle Drive in Fort Worth. A veterinary feed directive is a written statement issued by a licensed veterinarian in the course of the veterinarian’s professional practice that orders the use of a VFD drug in or on an animal feed. This program will include Ben Jones, Associate Director of Compliance for the Office of the Texas State Chemist, he will address what the new rules include and why we have them, plus Dr. Lynn Post with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will provide the federal perspective. Dr. Post is a veterinarian and toxicologist. Dr. Caitlyn Freeny, an ambulatory veterinary in Flower Mound, will address how the changes will effect producer and veterinary relationships. And finally Dr. Doug Hawkins, cattle consultant with Purina Animal Nutrition, will discuss how the new VFD will effect feed suppliers. The VFD final rule requires veterinarians to issue all VFDs within the context of a veterinarian-client-patientrelationship (VCPR), and specifies the key elements that define a VCPR. These key elements include that the veterinarian engage with the client (i.e., the animal producer) to assume responsibility for making clinical judgments about patient (i.e., animal) health, have sufficient knowledge of the patient by virtue of patient examination and/or visits to the facility where the patient is managed, and provide for any necessary follow-up evaluation or care. There are numerous drug compounds with more than 120 different uses that will be affected by this guidance across animal agriculture. Ionophore, coccidiostat and bacitracin products will not require a VFD unless used in combination with medically important antibiotics. While there is no registration fee, producers must pre-register for the event by 5 p.m. July 5. Registration may be done on-line at: http://agrilife.org/urbantarrantag/program-registration For more information contact your local Extension office. In Tarrant County, the Extension Office phone number is 817.884.1946.
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By Barry Whitworth, DVM, MPH
With the prolonged drought, most pastures in Oklahoma end up in poor condition. With the lack of available forage, animals may go in search of alternative foods.
If oak trees are in the pastures, acorns may be a favorite meal for some livestock in the fall. This may result in oak poisoning.
Oak leaves, twigs, buds, and acorns may be toxic to some animals when consumed.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
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There are a handful of grasses on North Texas grazing lands ranchers need to know, not because they are highly desirable, but rather because they are not of much value. I call them “decom” plants, which is am acronym for “Don’t Ever Count On Me.” Silver bluestem is a “decom” grass.
Silver bluestem is a perennial which grows in all areas of Texas. It can survive in almost all soil types, and in full sun conditions or in semi shade. It grows up to three feet tall and is easily recognized with the presence of the white fuzzy seed head. Also, one of the identifying characteristics of Silver bluestem is a bend in the stems at each node, causing the plants to take on a rounded shape as they mature.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By: Rayford Pullen
Fall is here which means winter is closing in on us and before we officially get into winter, we need to make sure our factories are either producing or will be producing in a few months.
We have been pregnancy testing our cows this fall and if they are not bred or nursing a calf, we are bidding them adios. With annual costs somewhere between $900.00 and $1,000.00 per cow, those cows not producing a live weaned calf are costing us quite a bit.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
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