Related Links
Related Links for Equine area of the DAS site.
- Chronic Wasting Disease Information, U.S. Department of Agriculture
- This degenerative neurological illness has affected both farmed and wild cervids in the US, thus impacting the hunting and wildlife industries as well as domestic and international markets for farmed cervids and cervid products. APHIS' response to this disease includes support of surveillance in both farmed and wild populations and assistance to State agencies for quarantine of affected animals and premises, humane euthanasia, and testing affected and exposed animals.
- Lyme Disease
- Reports of Lyme disease have increased dramatically, and the disease has become an important public health problem in some areas of the United States.
- Hoof Health and Lameness
- Veterinary Extension and Outreach Web Site at Penn State. Former link was http://vetextension.psu.edu/Diseases/FMD/fmd.htm. This link is now defunct.
- American Agriculturist
- Successful Farming
- @griculture Online
- Chronic Wasting Disease
- This site is a joint project of the Boone and Crockett Club, Mule Deer Foundation, and Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. These non-profit wildlife conservation organizations formed the Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance in January 2002 to address CWD. Other organizations have since joined the Alliance.
- Chronic Wasting Disease Information, Pennsylvania Game Commission
- CWD has not been found in Pennsylvania. Efforts to detect CWD in the state began in 1998. In September of 2005, the Game Commission, Governor’s Policy Office, Department of Agriculture, Department of Health, Department of Environmental Protection, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and U.S. Department of Agriculture completed a response plan to prevent CWD from entering our borders and, in the event CWD is found in the state, to detect, contain and work to eradicate the disease.
- Chronic Wasting Disease Information, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
- Chronic Wasting Disease is a progressive, fatal disease of the nervous system of mule deer, elk, black-tail deer and whitetail deer.
- County Extension Offices
- A listing of Penn State Extension Offices by county.
- Lancaster Farming Magazine
- A premier publication for farming in Pennsylvania and the Northeast.
- Poisonous Plants of Pennsylvania
- Many plants are potentially poisonous to livestock. The conditions for causing plant poisoning are, in most cases, more important than the plants themselves.
- Dairy and Animal Science at Penn State
- Penn State's Department of Dairy and Animal Science offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs; and Cooperative Extension and research programs for Pennsylvania's dairy and animal industries.
- Nutrient Management Section of the College of Agricultural Sciences Web Site
- Pennsylvania Game Commission
- Hunting applications; State Game Lands; news; wildlife information; county information.
- US Department of Agriculture Agencies and Offices (USDA)
- Agriculture Today
- Directory of ag sites including equipment, tourism, livestock breeders, organic farming, and services
- Agriseek
- International news, product/service exchange, and job listings
- Merck Veterinary Manual Online
- Whitetail Deer Information, Pennsylvania Game Commission Web Site
- Recognized as the state animal since 1959, the white-tailed deer is a very important wildlife species to Pennsylvania, and can be found in all corners of the state from our most remote forests to our most developed cities. Its history and management is complex, both biologically and socially.
