Extension offers workshop on cattle health

Cattle health will be the subject of free workshops offered by the University of California Cooperative Extension on Feb. 25.

The event will be held at 5 p.m. at the Shasta Livestock Auction Yard in Cottonwood, and will include a dinner prepared by Vic's Branding Iron courtesy of Intervet Schering-Plough and Pfizer Animal Health.

Highlights of the workshops include the latest in pink eye research by Dr. John Angelos of UC Davis, and industry discussions with technical service veterinarians from Intervet Schering-Plough and Pfizer Animal Health.

There will also be presentations on treating pink eye by Extension Veterinarian Dr. John Maas and local veterinarian Dr. Bill Gray, interpreting the amended Williamson Act by Wayne Stevens of the Shasta County Assessor's office, and presentations of local research from Shasta and Tehama County Farm Advisors.

The event is sponsored by the University of California Cooperative Extension, Intervet Schering-Plough, Pfizer Animal Health, Tehama County Cattlemen's Association, and the Shasta County Cattlemen's Association.

For more information call Josh Davy at the Tehama County Cooperative Extension Office at 527-3101, or Larry Forero at the Shasta County Cooperative Extension Office at 224-4900. Additional information can be found online at ceshasta.ucdavis.edu.