A “how to guide” to acidosis
In cases where acidosis is not treated properly it may lead to several unpleasant consequences.
Managing your animals’ health is a key factor to securing a profitable operation on your cattle farm. However, maintaining and improving a health programme for your cattle herd can become challenging with all the risks involved.
In ’n onlangse aanlyn seminar gee Prof Tertius Brand, van Elsenburg Landbou College, die volgende riglyne oor hoe om jou skaapkudde te bestuur tydens droogte en in die naloop daarvan. Droogte is geen vreemdeling vir Suid-Afrikaners nie. Die land evaar droogte soveel as een keer in vyf jaar – dus raai hy aan dat voorbrand…
Although livestock theft remains a crime that has detrimental economic, emotional and psychological effects on the agricultural community, the National Stock Theft Provision Forum (NSTPF) was pleased to find that the number of cases reported decreased in all provinces in South Africa for the period 2019/20 to 2020/21. The NSTPF is responsible for the yearly…
Heat stress is a major source of production losses in cattle in the Northern Cape. Fluctuating cold and hot temperatures, thermal radiation, humidity and wind speed can cause stress and suboptimal performance and lower productivity in animals.