Tag: cattle

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Buying a bull is one of the riskiest decisions a commercial cattle operation can make. All the different breeds and...

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes The 68-year-old Bumbi Mahlangu has proven that if you want to be a producer it is never too late, and...

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes A vaccination programme is aimed at establishing memory cells that can respond quickly to foreign organisms. Vaccines contain either infectious organisms...

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes The organism Histophilus somni is part of the normal bacterial population (normal flora) found on the mucous membranes in the...

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Of all the diseases present in livestock, respiratory tract infections have the greatest impact on a feedlot’s profitability. Lung infections are...

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Lameness in cattle can be divided into two main categories, namely infectious and non-infectious lameness. Various types of injuries can cause...

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes • Robert Mphuthi farms on Quarrykop and is run under the umbrella of the Mphuthi Family Trust.• Within a...

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Animal handling involves techniques used by a handler to understand and respond to the inherent behaviour of livestock. These techniques...

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes It is completely normal to have one or two animals that abort in a herd. However, when more than...

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