EAST LANSING, Mich. — Are you interested in learning how to improve birth management of your herd or flock? If so, sign up for this fun and highly informative clinic offered by Michigan State University Extension on February 3, 2017. The clinic will be held on the MSU campus and feature activities at the MSU lambing barn just south of the MSU campus. This barn represents a modern design in lambing facilities. Participants will learn preventative management approaches and assessment skills as well as treatment procedures through both discussion and hands-on activities from Dr. Richard Ehrhardt, MSU Small Ruminant Specialist, and Mike Metzger, MSU Extension Small Ruminant Educator. Both novice and veteran producers alike will find this program valuable. In addition, students that have attended this program more than once have found it valuable due to the enormity and depth of content provided. This year’s topics include: nutritional management, use of ultrasound, facility design, newborn care, hypothermia treatment, grafting, vaccination protocols, mortality diagnoses, health and feeding program assessment.
- Date: February 3, 2017
- Morning Location: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 1310 Anthony Hall, Department of Animal Science, 474 S. Shaw Lane, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
- Afternoon Location: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. MSU Sheep Teaching and Research Center Lambing Barn, 5525 Bennet Rd. Lansing, MI, 48910 (these locations are approx. 2.4 miles apart)
- Enrollment is limited to 35 people. Please complete your registration by Jan 30. Registration includes birth management manual, treatment poster, lunch and light refreshments. $45/person (additional members of the same family may attend for $20 each-only one manual and poster per family). Contact Carla McLachlan for additional details (phone: 517-432-5402; email: mclachl2@msu.edu)
- Online registration may be completed at: https:// commerce.cashnet.com/msu_3645 Choose the MSU Extension tab.
Mail in registration can be completed by contacting Carla McLachlan, 474 S. Shaw Lane, Room 1287, East Lansing, MI 48824. Make checks payable to: Michigan State University.
— Mike Metzger, Michigan State University Extension
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