Tag: animal health

Dr Eddie Snyman is a retired veterinarian from Middelburg in the Eastern Cape. He has many years of experience in treating and preventing diseases...

Three of the most hazardous and costly venereal diseases among livestock in South Africa are brucellosis, trichomoniasis and pizzle rot. Dr Andy Hentzen, a...

Many farmers and feedlot owners have first-hand experience of the damage respiratory diseases can cause to a cattle farming enterprise. Although pneumonia is a...

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Since not all farmers report sheep scab among their sheep, the disease continues to pose a tremendous threat to...

Bluetongue virus (BTV) is a non-communicable, insect-borne disease that is seasonally driven by heat, moisture and frost. Biting mosquitoes and midges transmit the virus to ruminants such...

Diarrhoea and pneumonia are the two most prominent diseases among calves. Calf diarrhoea results in additional expenses and unnecessary losses in the form of mortalities, the cost...

This article is part of a series of informative animal health articles. The series goes hand in hand with the #VideoVet video series –...

This article is part of a series of articles educating livestock owners and farmers about the importance and effect of the Animal Diseases Act,...

This article is part of a series of informative animal health articles. The series goes hand in hand with the #VideoVet video series –...

This article is part of a series of articles educating livestock owners and farmers about the importance and effect of the Animal Diseases Act,...