Tag: animal health

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes During the feedlot challenge hosted by the Department of Animal Science at the University of Pretoria, BScAgric Animal Science...

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes The nodular worm (Oesophagostomum spp) (Afrikaans = knoppieswurm) is a parasitic roundworm. The adults occur in the caecum and colon,...

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes To find dead sheep in your kraal when they were seemingly healthy the previous day is not a pretty sight,...

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes The long-necked bankrupt worm – or thin-necked or thread-necked worm – belongs to the genus Nematodirus and is found worldwide....

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes South Africa still has a long way to go before it can regain its foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) free status, after...

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Clostridium bacteria are responsible for diseases such as black quarter, malignant oedema, uterine gangrene and gas gangrene. The infection...

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Producers are constantly faced with managing a wide range of animal diseases, of which botulism is one of the most...

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes While most animals can contract tetanus, or lockjaw as it is commonly known, the disease is especially prevalent in castrated...

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes When ruminants suddenly over-consume low-fibre carbohydrates such as grains, without them having been adapted to it beforehand, it can lead...

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Dr Paul Reynolds, a veterinarian at Warden Veterinary Clinic, describes liver fluke as a parasitic worm that causes serious economic...