A Beef Quality Assurance Training and Certification program will be held at Washington High School (115 N. D Street, Washington, Kansas) on Nov. 7 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Dr. Dan Thompson, DVM, Jones Professor of Production Medicine, and Dr. A.J. Tarpoff, DVM, Extension Beef Veterinarian, will be covering several topics including:
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Advanced BQA Training for cow-calf, feedyard, and stocker;
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Animal husbandry best management practices;
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Downed cow care and humane euthanasia training;
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Cattle lameness and treatments;
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Stockmanship principles and low-stress cattle handling techniques;
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Improving facilities for beef cattle; and
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How vaccines and antibiotics work.
BQA is a nationally coordinated, state implemented program providing systematic information to U.S. beef producers and beef consumers of how common sense husbandry techniques can be coupled with accepted scientific knowledge to raise cattle under optimum management and environmental conditions. This training is for anyone in the cattle industry, including: veterinarians, producers, and cattle transporters. This program gives consumers confidence that the beef they are buying are safe. Starting Jan. 1, 2019, many packing plants, including: Tyson, U.S. Premium Beef, and National Beef will only accept beef form feedyards that are BQA certified.
There is no registration fee to attend the training, and it includes snacks and drinks. Please sign up to reserve your place at the training by contacting Jordan Jones at [email protected] or 620-290-1210.
