Released June 23, 2009
SONORA, Texas – Texas AgriLife Research’s annual Angora Goat Performance Test Field Day and Sale is set for July 23 at the Texas AgriLife Research Station at Sonora.
The station is located 28 miles south of Sonora on U.S. Highway 55, between Sonora and Rocksprings.
Activities will open at 10 a.m. with an informal viewing of the test animals and their records. Educational presentations will start at 10:30 a.m. and continue at 1 p.m. after lunch, which begins at noon. The sale of performance-tested animals will immediately follow the educational program at about 2 p.m.
The morning program’s topics and speakers include:
- "Alternative Feeds to Reduce Feed Costs," Travis Whitney, AgriLife Research nutritionist at San Angelo
- "Treatment and/or Control of Caseous Lymphadenitis (a chronic contagious lymph node disease of sheep and goats),” Dr. Kevin Washburn, Texas A&M University, College of Veterinary Medicine, College Station
- "National Animal Germ Plasm Program’s Genetic Conservation of Angora Goats," Harvey Blackburn, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Fort Collins, Colo.
Afternoon topics will include a mohair market update, comments on the test results by Chris Lupton and Dan Waldron, AgriLife Research at San Angelo and the presentation of Mohair Council of America awards and the recognition of the test’s certified bucks.
The sale of performance-tested animals will conclude the day’s activities.
For further information, contact the AgriLife Research Station at Sonora, (325) 387-3168.
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http://agnews.tamu.edu/showstory.php?id=1265
Source: Dan Waldron, 325-653-4576, d-waldron@tamu.edu
Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu
