The latest happenings from the UVM College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Animal and Veterinary Sciences students in ASCI 297: Bootcamp in Alpaca Husbandry spent two weeks in Ecuador during the summer of 2022, with Adjunct Assistant Professor Stuart White. They learned alpaca management skills including restraint, SC, IM and IV injections, castration, oral administration of liquids, gastric tubing, toenail and incisor trimming, blood drawing, shearing, fiber classification and body scoring. Continue reading “ASCI Students Attend Alpaca Bootcamp in Ecuador”
Rex Yee spent a summer in the McKay lab as a high school sophomore in the summer of 2014 investigating global DNA methylation. After high school, Yee earned more than $500,000 in scholarships and went on to attend the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO. Continue reading “McKay Lab Student Graduates from Air Force Academy”
Livestock and poultry are susceptible to infectious diseases and many of these diseases are zoonotic, meaning they can be transmitted to people. A few more well-known zoonotic diseases include ringworm, rabies and soremouth. The most effective strategy for protecting farm animal health is to prevent or reduce the chances of introducing a disease into a herd or flock. Continue reading “Youth Biosecurity Learning Modules Recently Updated”
We have recently witnessed how a human epidemic like COVID-19 can impact animal protein supply chains. A highly contagious disease of food animals themselves could result in even more disruption of those supply chains. An example of such a disease is foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). An outbreak of FMD would directly impact all farmers with cattle, pigs, and small ruminants and indirectly affect all related segments of agriculture. Continue reading “Smith Projects Aim to Secure the Animal-Based Food Supply in New England”
Gosliga Farm in Addison, VT, is welcoming over a thousand guests on July 16, 2022, to see how they care for their cows. Vermont Breakfast on the Farm has been coordinating on farm breakfast and tour events since 2015. Continue reading “Vermont Breakfast on the Farm Is Back on the Farm!”