By Barry Whitworth, DVM Over the past few years, Theileria orientalis has been detected in cattle in Oklahoma. Early cases were primarily diagnosed in adult cattle....
By Ann Asher Then there are the diseases and pests that younger generations have only read about. For decades, New World screwworm belonged in that second...
Few inventions changed the face of American agriculture as much as the steel plow. To settlers moving westward in the 19th century, the fertile black soils...
By Barry Whitworth, DVM, MPH | Senior Extension Specialist Department of Animal & Food Sciences | Ferguson College of Agriculture | Oklahoma State University According to...
Stock tanks are a common sight across Oklahoma pastures. For livestock producers, they are one of the most practical ways to provide dependable water where natural...
There are some birds you hear long before you see them. Others announce themselves with bright colors or a pretty song. Then there is the roadrunner,...
At a funeral I went to recently, the preacher said something that has stayed with me. He reminded us that, for the man we were honoring,...
Vaccinations may not prevent every case of illness, but they remain one of the most effective tools horse owners have for reducing the risk of serious...
Barry Whitworth, DVMSenior Extension Specialist Department of Animal & Food Science Ferguson College of Agriculture Scrapie is a chronic, progressive disease of the central nervous system...
There are some things we see so often in Oklahoma that we almost stop noticing them. A dry pond. A dusty county road. A pasture grazed...