{"id":814,"date":"2017-08-02T01:31:54","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T01:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.optimalag.net\/sheepagriculture\/?p=814"},"modified":"2017-10-04T04:08:04","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T04:08:04","slug":"selection-for-parasite-resistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.optimalag.net\/sheepagriculture\/webinars\/selection-for-parasite-resistance\/","title":{"rendered":"Selection for Parasite Resistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"height: 165px;\" width=\"600\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/optimalag.net\/sheepagriculture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/thumbnailCAJZKRN31.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-128\" src=\"http:\/\/optimalag.net\/sheepagriculture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/thumbnailCAJZKRN31.jpg\" alt=\"American Sheep Industry logo\" width=\"152\" height=\"160\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-374 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/optimalag.net\/sheepagriculture\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/logo_0-300x70.png\" alt=\"logo_0\" width=\"300\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><iframe title=\"Selection For Parasite Resistance (22)\" width=\"605\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QWtZZoiJaTY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Presenter:<br \/>\nJoan M. Burke, Ph.D.<br \/>\nResearch Animal Scientist<br \/>\nUSDA, Agricultural Research Service<br \/>\nDale Bumpers Small Farms Research Center<br \/>\nBooneville, Arkansas<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Host:<br \/>\nDr. Jay Parsons, Department of Agricultural Economics<br \/>\nUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Time:\u00a01 hour 30 minutes<\/p>\n<p>Description:<br \/>\nGastrointestinal parasite infection of sheep and goats is a major health issue that can cause anemia, reduced weight gains, poor performance, mortality and discouragement to farmers. Dewormer resistance limits the ability to control these parasites using available dewormers. Because of moderate heritability, opportunities exist to improve parasite resistance through genetic selection programs. This will be discussed along with scientific background, what to expect, and limitations. Climate, rainfall, management, sex of animal, rear type and age will influence parasite infection. Genetic resistance to parasite infection is arguably the best means of gastrointestinal parasite control. It can be achieved through selection of sires with favorable estimated breeding values in programs such as the National Sheep Improvement Program (NSIP), which will be reflected by lower parasite infection measures in offspring.<\/p>\n<p>This webinar is made possible with funding support from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sheepusa.org\/Growourflock_Home\">Let&#8217;s Grow Committee<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sheepusa.org\/\">American Sheep Industry Association.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'Downloads', 'PDF', 'Resistance');\" href=\"http:\/\/www.optimalag.com\/webinars\/2017-08-22_SelectionForParasiteResistance.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View Slides<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presenter: Joan M. Burke, Ph.D. Research Animal Scientist USDA, Agricultural Research Service Dale Bumpers Small Farms Research Center Booneville, Arkansas Host: Dr. Jay Parsons, Department of Agricultural Economics University of Nebraska-Lincoln Time:\u00a01 hour 30 minutes Description: Gastrointestinal parasite infection of &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.optimalag.net\/sheepagriculture\/webinars\/selection-for-parasite-resistance\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Selection for Parasite Resistance<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-webinars"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Selection for Parasite Resistance - Sheep Agriculture<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.optimalag.net\/sheepagriculture\/webinars\/selection-for-parasite-resistance\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Selection for Parasite Resistance - Sheep Agriculture\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Presenter: Joan M. 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