http://animalscience.tamu.edu/beef-cattle-browsing-june-july-2014/.

The following link will take you to this month’s edition of Browsing:  http://animalscience.tamu.edu/beef-cattle-browsing-june-july-2014/.  Click on the link of copy and paste the link into your web address bar.

In this edition, you will find the following:

What do Consumers Think About Production Practices?

Reuse of CIDR Inserts for Artificial Insemination

Proposed Changes in Texas Trich Regulations

Effect of Monensin and Growth Implant for Stockers

Do Rest Stops Affect Stress and Performance?

Effect of Varying Nutrition on Heifer Development

60th Annual Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course

Preventing Pesticide Exposure

Monthly Safety Blast                  Produced by the Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, Injury Prevention and Education   July 2014 Preventing Pesticide Exposure Pesticide exposure can happen in many ways: touching treated surfaces or objects, eating or drinking food or water that contains pesticide residues, or breathing in spray as a pesticide is used. Routes of Exposure The most common route of exposure to pesticides is through the skin. This type of exposure often causes symptoms such as a rash. Your skin must come in direct contact with the pesticide product for this to occur.  Exposure risk is high upon entering an area that has been recently treated with pesticides, especially for children and animals.  Alternatively, after a (liquid) pesticide application dries, exposure and risk to pesticides diminishes.  Children and animals may have more significant health implications from pesticide exposures than adults because of their low body weight and behaviors such as crawling on the floor that may result in greater contact with treated surfaces. The best approach to avoid pesticide exposure from an area that has been treated or drifted on is to STAY OUT. If you do enter a treated area and later find out that an application occurred, leave the area at once and remove your shoes and clothing. Wash affected areas with plenty of soap and warm water after possible exposure to skin. Wash potentially contaminated clothing separately in soap and hot water. Treatment If you, a member of your family or a coworker has come in contact with a pesticide, call the poison control center at 1-800-222-1222.  If the exposed person is unconscious, not breathing, or having convulsions or seizures due to poison contact or ingestion, call 911 or your local emergency number immediately.  Resources US Department of Health and Human Services - Environmental Health and Toxicology, http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/pesticides.html. American Association of Poison Control Centers, http://www.aapcc.org/DNN/ Monthly Blast written by Ugochukwu Uzoeghelu, MBBS, CPH, Agricultural Safety and Health Intern for the SW Ag Center and the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation. Produced by the Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, Injury Prevention and Education. For more information, contact us at  903-877-5998 or by email to agcenter@uthct.edu. Copyright 2014

See Rockwall County Extension Mid Year Update at this link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86YTFLr_1q8

TSCRA Ranch Gathering - Kaufman County Fairgrounds