Nutrition

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Cooking for Kids

OSU's Department of Nutritional Sciences partnered with the Oklahoma State Department of education, Child Nutrition to create Cooking for Kids which provides training for child nutrition professionals and helps schools prepare and serve healthy lunches on a budget. Cooking for Kids offers training in areas such as low-to-no-cost culinary skills, healthy lunches on a budget, less plate waste, and student buy-in plans.

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Respiratory Diseases in Horses: What You Can Do to Prevent Them

A description of the most common respiratory diseases horses may contract and ways to treat them including how to prevent spreading.

Horses Livestock Health And Disease Livestock Health Disease And Nutrition Livestock

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Limit Feeding Concentrate Diets to Beef Cows as an Alternative to Feeding Hay

An explanation to limit feeding of beef cows, some management tips to keep the herd healthy and alternatives to corn in limit feeding.

Beef Cattle Drought Hay Livestock Health Disease And Nutrition Livestock Nutrition Livestock Pastures And Forage Weather And Disaster Preparedness

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Rabies Control

Signs, treatment and preventative methods for the rabies virus.

Livestock Health And Disease Livestock Health Disease And Nutrition Livestock Pets

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Supplementing Vitamin A to Beef Cattle

Learn about the importance of vitamin A for the growth and production of beef cattle and understand when supplementation is needed.

Beef Cattle Livestock Health Disease And Nutrition Livestock Nutrition Livestock

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Calving Time Management for Beef Cows and Heifers

Descriptions on the types of calving, the different types of abnormal calving conditions and how to handle those situations for a successful calf delivery.

Beef Cattle Cow Calf Livestock Genetics And Reproduction Livestock Health And Disease Livestock Health Disease And Nutrition Livestock Reproduction Livestock

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Margarines and Spreads

The differences between spreads and margarines and how that corresponds to the labeling requirements and different types of margarines.

Cooking And Food Safety Cooking Techniques And Recipes Food Products Food Safety Health Nutrition And Wellness Nutrition

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Shortenings

An overview of the nutritional value and uses of the different kinds of shortenings.

Cooking And Food Safety Cooking Techniques And Recipes Food Products Health Nutrition And Wellness

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Dietary Calcium

The role and benefits calcium play in the human diet.