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A viral disease of cattle and buffalo, transmitted by mosquitoes and midges, and more commonly seen in young, immunologically naïve cattle. It is common in wet seasons, and is occasionally seen more when climatic conditions favour widespread distribution of the insect vectors. Typically...
Bright eyes, a shiny coat and an alert disposition are all characteristics of a healthy cat. Healthy cats have good appetites, groom themselves well and interact with their owners.There is no one best place to find a healthy cat, so in your search consider neighbors, friends, coworkers, local...
The cheapest and most-effective method of disease control is through implementing biosecurity.
Biosecurity ensures that the health and well being of your birds is protected hence improving the immunity and performance of your flock.
Biosecurity is a management practice designed to prevent...
Melatonin: Think of melatonin as your biological clock. This hormone is responsible for the way you feel throughout the day as far as alertness is concerned. All those drowsy feelings? Blame the melatonin.
Serotonin: This is the one you can blame for PMS and the moody teenager. Serotonin...
Typical items to keep in stock depending on your budget and size of operation include :
1. Antibiotics (must have)
1.1 Oxytetracycline
1.2 PenStrep LA or Procaine Penicillin
1.3 Sulfamethoxazole & Trimethoprim preparations
1.4 Antibiotic eye ointment
2. Foot Bath/Wound Treatment
2.1 Copper...
Did you know that vitamins deficiency can make your chicks get crooked neck disease - torticollis.
The chick tends to be unable to control it's neck and unable to also hold it up. The chick also tends to lose balance or walk backwards.
To avoid this condition, ensure that you give your chicks...
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A variety of different methods have been, and are still, used to detect the presence or absence of pregnancy in the cow. These range from the identification of substances that are present in body fluids using laboratory assays, and from different ultrasound modes...
Quarantine refers to the total ban on movement of livestock and livestock products from one administrative unit (district) to another following an outbreak of a notifiable disease. Quarantine is normally imposed by the veterinary authorities as a disease control measure.
Livestock Movement...
In East Africa many serious diseases are transferred by ticks. This is less severe in Zero-grazing units than in animals grazing pastures and interacting with a certain amount of wildlife. The picture shows a typical cattle dip, preventing insect and particularly tick borne diseases, by letting...
The following methods are used in breeding:
Natural mating (proven and healthy bulls where A.I. is not available)
Artificial insemination (A. I.)
Multiple ovulation embryo transfer (MOET) (Not approved for Organic certified herds): is the process of taking embryos (fertilized ova) from a...
This is a collection of the drugs of choice in certain animal diseases:
Parasitic Diseases:
Cestodes - Niclosamides.
Oxyuris - Albendazole.
External parasites - Deltamethrin (Butox) / Amitraz.
Mange in rabbits - Ivermectin +Sulfer ointment.
Babesiosis - Imizol/Avinazine
Thileriosis - Butalex...
Hand milking can be as hygienic as Machine Milking and is more gentle to the udder. But precautions must be taken. If the correct hand milking procedures are followed, Cows will give more milk. Here are some tips on how to get the cleanest milk.
Milkers must be clean, healthy and free of...
It is important to explore and expound on some of the factors that have contributed to the dropping milk standards in Kenya. Below is an in-depth look into the major items.
Low-quality feed:
The decline in the dairy industry standards comes in many mays. On the production side, many farmers...
In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of people living in rural pastoral and agro pastoral areas across sub-Saharan Africa are struggling to care for the animals on which their livelihoods depend.
Curfews and restrictions on movement and gatherings have cut communities off from...
Business Reporter
Zimbabwe rabbit farmers have imported 100 more pure breeds to help shore-up efforts by the country’s rabbit producers to bolster and expand cuniculture production.
Rabbit production, which is fast gaining ground in Zimbabwe, has significant potential to generate foreign...
Kenyan farmers say they are being forced to hand pollinate their crops due to a decline in bee populations from pesticides. Kenya’s insect experts say the chemicals, meant to kill desert locusts and other pests, are killing off bees and other pollinating bugs. Victoria Amunga reports from...