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Beef Cattle Dairy Cattle Goats
Sheep Swine Other Animal Science Sites
Horses & Ponies



BEEF CATTLE

National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA): http://www.ncanet.org/
Beef Cattle Fun Activities Page:  http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/dl/Ftrips/menu.htm


DAIRY CATTLE
American Dairy Science Association (ADSA): http://www.adsa.uiuc.edu/
National Dairy Herd Improvement Association (National DHIA): http://www.dhia.org/
Moo Milk: http://www.moomilk.com/
Got Milk?: http://www.gotmilk.com/
Dairy Management, Inc. Links: http://www.dairyinfo.com
National Dairy Database List of 4-H Dairy Publications:
 http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/AgrEnv/ndd
Hoards Dairyman: http://www.hoards.com/

GOATS
American Dairy Goat Association (ADGA)http://www.adga.org/
National Goat Handbookhttp://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/AgrEnv/ndd/goat/
GoatWebhttp://goatweb.com/index.html
The Dairy Goathttp://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/AgrEnv/ndd/goat
Virginia Goat Pagehttp://www.vagoat.com/
Boer Goat & Meat Goat Information Centerhttp://www.boergoats.com/
National Pygmy Goat Associationhttp://www.npga-pygmy.com/
Meat Goat Program, VSUhttp://www.vsu.edu/ext/smallruminantprogram/meatgoat/history.html

HORSES AND PONIES

American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP): http://www.aaep.org
Equinet Linkshttp://horses.product.com/newlinks.html
HorseWebhttp://www.horseweb.com/
The Farrier and Hoofcare Resource Centerhttp://horseshoes.com/



SHEEP
American Sheep Industry Associationhttp://www.sheepusa.org
National Sheep Improvement Program: http://www.nsip.org/
Maryland Sheep & Wool Festivalhttp://www.sheepandwool.org/
Maryland Small Ruminant Page: http://www.sheepandgoat.com/

SWINE
National Pork Producers Council (NPPC)http://www.nppc.org/
American Association of Swine Practitionershttp://www.aasp.org/
Swine Nethttp://swine.net/

OTHER ANIMAL SCIENCE SITES
The 4-H Farm at the University of California, Irvine: http://www.ics.uci.edu/~pazzani/4H/InfoDirtRoad.html
Agriculture Onlinehttp://www.agriculture.com/
AgriGatorhttp://gnv.ifas.ufl.edu/www/agator/htm/ag.htm
American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists (ARPAS): http://www.arpas.org/
American Society of Animal Science (ASAS)http://www.asas.org/
Animal Science-Related Associations, Iowa State Univ.  Library:
              http://www.lib.iastate.edu/services/ref/animalsci/assn.html
Cyber-Farm, Ohio State Universityhttp://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~farm/
Farm Safety 4 Just Kidshttp://www.fs4jk.org/
Livestock Virtual Libraryhttp://www.ansi.okstate.edu/library/
Maryland State Fairhttp://www.bcpl.net/~mdstfair/
National Animal Poison Control Center (NAPCC)http://www.napcc.aspca.org/
Science For Kids (8 to 13)http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids
The Pizza Farmhttp://www.pizzafarm.org/
U.S. Departments in Animal Science: http://www.asas.org/
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)http://www.usda.gov/
WWW Virtual Library, Breeds of Livestockhttp://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/
ZooNethttp://www.zoonet.org/

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