Stock Show Blogs

Blue rod-shaped Lactobacillus paracasei bacteria under a scanning electron microscope

Probiotics for Show Livestock: What They Can Do, What They Can’t, and Why They Aren’t Enough

You have a tube of probiotic paste in the show box. He got a dose...
A white show pig photographed from above, with small separate red spots scattered across his topline, shoulders and both sides and normal skin in between. Both ears are in frame and look clean.

Skin Problems in Show Pigs: Why It Is Usually Not Mange, and Why It Usually Starts at the Wash Rack

It is nine o'clock at night. You were putting him up and you saw it:...
The lower leg of a show goat in the shavings. The pastern and the skin around the dew claws are where heel mites do their damage and where the crusting starts.

Heel Mites in Show Lambs and Goats: Why He Is Stamping, and Why the Shot Alone Does Not Finish It

He will not stand still. He gets up, stamps a back foot, lies down, gets...
Show goat head, close up

Urinary Calculi in Show Wethers: Why It Happens, How to Prevent It, and What to Do the Night He Cannot Urinate

It is late, and your wether will not settle. He gets up, he stretches out,...
brown cow on green grass field

Ringworm in Show Cattle: Why It Hits in Winter and What Actually Works

The calves are home. The clippers are put away for a few weeks, the hoods...
show goat

Your Club Lamb or Show Goat Does Not Need Deworming on a Schedule. Here Is What He Does Need.

Your lamb came home a few weeks ago, or your goat did. Somebody at the...
Club Lamb Fungus

Club Lamb Fungus: What It Is, How It Spreads, and What Actually Works

You found it at evening chores. A crusty, raised spot up on the neck where...
Show Pig Vaccination Protocol

Show Pig Vaccination Schedule: The First 28 Days After Your Pig Comes Home

Your pigs are home. Start a TrueGlo product the day they step off the trailer,...
large Roundworm Swine

How Often to Deworm a Show Pig: Two Products at Arrival, Then Every Six Weeks

The short answer: when your pigs come home, deworm them with two products, an ivermectin...