Tag: sheep

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes The National Wool Growers’ Association of South Africa (NWGA) recently held a highly successful inter-regional flock competition in Tarkastad. The...

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes The negative impact of bluetongue has been widely felt by livestock producers and their flocks over the past few...

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes The highly contagious bacterium Dichelobacter nodosus is responsible for foot rot infections. The bacterium can easily enter soft tissue of...

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes A strong lamb crop is highly dependent on meticulous management of the newborn lambs and their mothers. Quality care...

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

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...

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes “A farm can never stand idle – renewal and adjustments are an ongoing and constant process. A producer who...

Deon and Tina van Wyk’s dream of breeding a sheep ewe that regularly produces triplets throughout her productive life is delivering results. They hope...

Sheep and goat abscesses are not only painful to the animals they affect, but can have a devastating effect on a producer’s pocket. Two...

Tail docking is usually performed in sheep and involves both surgical and non-surgical methods to shorten or remove the tail. While some people may...