Across Kentucky, limited access to large animal veterinarians has posed a significant challenge for livestock farmers. The few large animal veterinarians providing services in the Bullitt County area have limited time or longer travel distances and charge higher fees. To help reduce the cost and burden of finding a quality veterinarian, the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service in Bullitt County partnered with Jewett Borden’s Cedar Creek Beef Company to establish a recu
The problemWith the continual use of a few common ingredients to deworm cattle, immunity by parasites to those active chemical compounds in dewormers is suspected. Parasites can cause serious problems in cattle resulting in poor health and for the animals and economic loss for the farmerThe educational program responseEighty to one hundred beef cattle producers will participate in a feces collection where fecal parasite eggs will be counted before and after dewormer use. Two farmers in Meade Cou
