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General Livestock

Welcome to the Ohio 4-H General Livestock Resource page!

Resources Ohio State Fair Information
Animal Sciences Lesson Plans Calendar
Veterinary Feed Directive Contact Information

 

Calendar of Events

2022 State 4-H Animal Sciences (Livestock, Companion & Small Animals) Event Calendar

July

18 - Livestock Judging Entries Due

27 - August 7 - Ohio State Fair

28 - Livestock Judging Contest

 

Resources

General Resources OSU Feedkit Activities
Factsheets COVID-19 Best Practices
Ohio Youth Quality Assurance Conference Presentations

 

General Resources

FactSheets

 

COVID-19 Best Practices and Resources

Please keep in mind that the following documents are evolving as new guidelines and situations arise.

Jr Fair Considerations:

Livestock Marketing Considerations:

 

Presentations

Volunteer Conference 2023

  • Ohio Department of Agriculture Update
  • 4-H Animal Sciences Update
 

2022 Ohio State Fair Information

 

Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) Important Information

On January 1, 2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) new regulations addressing on-farm antibiotic use in food-animal production must be implemented. The agency’s effort is aimed at eliminating the use of medically important (to human illness) antibiotics for growth promotion purposes in food-animal production and bringing therapeutic use in feed and water – to treat, control or prevent spe­cific disease – under additional veterinary oversight. Producers, veterinarians, feed mills and suppliers will all face new requirements. This affects everyone (including 4-H members as youth producers) keeping, owning, and/or raising food-producing animals.

Please be aware that anything you may hear about the possibility of 4-H advisors being able to get a VFD for all of their club members is not accurate. Ohio 4-H members (parents/guardians) are the owners/caretakers of their livestock projects and will need to obtain any VFD they might need to properly care for their food-producing animals. To write a VFD, veterinarians must personally see the 4-H members’ animals, become acquainted with their care, and have done so recently enough (within the last six months) that they can make medical judgements. Veterinarians should not write a VFD for an entire club.

It is very important that 4-H members and their families establish a veterinarian-client-patient relationship (VCPR) prior to January 1, 2017. Click on the link below to download the Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) Fact Sheet for 4-H Youth Livestock Producers and Families, important to read and understand when taking Ohio 4-H food-producing animal projects, even if they are not intended for food production.

 

    Animal Sciences Lesson Plans

    Animal Sciences Lesson Plans HERE

     

      Contact Information

      4-H Livestock Curriculum, Research, and Quality Assurance

      Elizabeth Share-Duling

      4-H State Fair Events (Skillathons, Judging Contests, Avian Bowl)

      Dr. Benjamin Wenner

      Meats / Carcass Contests 

      Lyda Garcia, Ph.D.

      Meat Sciences Program

      Ohio Department of Agriculture

      Dr. Dennis Summers
      614-728-6220

      Cindy Bodie
      614-728-6220

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