Cattle

Chủ Nhật, 08/09/2024

Beef cows: meeting their nutritional needs

Beef farmers should take care to match the nutritional needs of a cow to her production cycle to ensure optimal fertility rates, expecially when forage quality

Cattle

Twinning in cattle: super-fertile cows

In this third part of our series on twinning in cattle, Chris Nel highlights some remarkable stud beef cows that have produced multiple twins

Boran: A no-fuss, no-hassle breed

Almost 20 years ago, Chris Webb introduced Borans to his crossbreeding programme on the 1 500ha farm, Tharfield, in the Eastern Cape

Arthropod-borne summer livestock diseases

As the weather grows hotter and wetter across the country, the incidence of livestock diseases transmitted by arthropods increases.

3 diseases spread by wildlife

Contact with wildlife can endanger your livestock, because wild animals are a source of diseases that seriously affect the productivity of livestock

The basics of hands-on dairy training

Transformation in SA’s dairy sector involves dairy training and the transfer of knowledge, as managing a dairy herd, big or small, requires expertise.

The smallest part of the ruminant diet

Ruminants need mineral trace elements to maintain health and to achieve desired levels of production and reproduction

The best dairy breed: A comparative study

The best dairy breed: A comparative study. Which is the best dairy breed? This question has caused much debate and long occupied dairy farmers the world over.

Tattooing and ear notching techniques

Tattooing and ear notching are widely used techniques to mark livestock. Each has its own advantages, disadvantages, application techniques and specific uses

Dealing with clostridial diseases (2)

Animals that die after being sick for a short time or are found dead without an obvious cause are likely to be suffering from a clostridial disease spread