livestock Articles
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Livestock Record Keeping
Livestock Record Keeping Record keeping is an essential part of a good livestock business management. It helps the farmer / investor in improving the efficiency of farm's operations.The key to successful livestock business is by designing better breeding plans and taking uniformed decisions that influences the production and profitability of the farm.Goat Diary Livestock & Farm Management ...
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Transformation of Borana from nomadic pastoralists to agropastoralists and shift of livestock from cattle to include more goats, camels and sheep in Southern Ethiopia
Traditionally, Borana in Southern Ethiopia raised cattle for meat, milk, blood, leather, dung and cash and depended on nomadic and transhumant pastoralism for their livelihood and lifestyle. The government policy today is to sedentarise the pastoralists and convert the pastureland into cropland. Kebeles (pastoralist associations) have been established and these bodies have usurped much of the ...
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SQUARE KNOTS FIELD FENCES
Square Knot Field Fence has s-shaped knots to form a tough & sturdy structure that stands up to impact from large animals without buckling or sagging. It is a type of anti climbing fence, suitable for goat, sheep and cattle keeping, commonly known as S knot fence. S knot fence is made with a separate piece of wire to attach the line wire to the solid stay wire forming an impact resistant and ...
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How to use a Cimarron Stock Box
What is a stock box? Stock Boxes are used for safely hauling small animals, such as dogs, goats, sheep and hogs, etc. Stock Boxes can sometimes be referred to as “truck toppers.” They’re a great way to haul your animals economically and conveniently. Stock boxes are made from aluminum and are built to be a long-lasting solution for your animal transportation needs helping them ...
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How do I drench sheep, goats or other livestock?
Internal parasites can be a significant problem for livestock farmers. Liver fluke and worms cause financial burden due to treatment costs and production losses. Not to mention the enormous impact they have on the animal's welfare. What is drenching? The word drenching can have a few different meanings. In this article, we are referring to the administering of fluid orally meaning into the month ...
By FarmRexx
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How to Keep Livestock Cool in Hot Weather
During the summer months when high temperatures and humidity combine, keeping your livestock cool and comfortable is an absolute necessity. How to keep animals cool in hot weather should be a priority. Otherwise, many can succumb to heat related stress, exhaustion, stroke—and unfortunately, death. Enclosed spaces without proper ventilation will result in serious problems for you, your ...
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Milk of sheep, goat, and buffalo: a public health review
The objective is to integrate nutritional, technological, and human health characteristics of milk from sheep, goat and buffalo as viable substitute for cow milk. Ewe milk is much richer than cow milk in riboflavin, thiamine, niacin, pantothenic acid, vitamin B6, vitamin B12 and biotin. Compared to cow milk, goat milk has minor s1casein, carotene, agglutinin; and is lower in citric acid, Na, ...
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What Types of Farm Animals Can Use Dura Trac Flooring?
Part of running a farm is making sure you have the best set up for your livestock. Advancements in technology have led to Dura Trac flooring, a great way to help keep your livestock healthy by providing a solid, clean environment for them to traverse in their stalls. Can all farm animals can use Dura Trac flooring? Whether you have small animals or large ones, Dura Trac flooring can provide the ...
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rfid ear tag
SEIKO RFID provides an extensive range of electronic ear tags for livestock identifications, including the cattle, sheep, goats, deer and swine. EID ear tag are approved by ICAR, compliant with ISO 11784 and ISO 11785, operating at the 134.2 kHz. For designing superior retention, security, usability, outstanding durability and readability, the RFID transponder was made in re-usable and single-use ...
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How the wild rabbit became domesticated
An international collaboration involving INRA research scientists has evidenced the impact of domestication of the rabbit on its genetic heritage, thanks to sequencing of its genome. In particular, the scientists have shown that the genes controlling brain and neuronal development were specifically targeted by the domestication process. These results, published on 29 August 2014 in Science, help ...
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Pig Performance Testing: An Overview of the Osborne Fire System
In pig and other livestock breeding, feed conversion is one of the most essential criteria for genetic selection. The more efficiently an animal is able to convert feed into body mass, the faster it can get to market. Identifying superior feed conversion characteristics is important as this trait is passed on from parent to offspring. In the past, identifying animals with exceptional ...
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The dangers of Mad Cow Disease!
The dangers of Mad Cow Disease! For the first time in over ten years Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) better known as Mad Cow Disease has reared its head again in the UK with cases recorded on a farm in Aberdeenshire, Scotland this October. A highly problematic virus that has previously devastated livestock in 1986 when 180,000 cattle were found to be infected, which led to a mass ...
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Making Animal Feed Pellets From Hay
Hay refers to dried grass used as livestock fodder. It is fed to especially pasturing animals, for instance, sheep, goats, horses and cattle when grazing is unobtainable due to harsh climatic conditions. Pellets are renewable organic matter made from compressed hay and other biomass, pellets are used to balance the nutrition for grazing animals. Also, the pellets are very nutritious and easy to ...
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Benefits of Dura Trac Flooring
Dura Trac raised animal flooring is a durable, low-maintenance flooring product for livestock. It consists of steel mesh that has been coated in polyvinyl (plastisol) and has been a game-changer in animal flooring manufacturing. There are plenty of benefits to using Dura Trac flooring, and at ADA Enterprises, we’ve had over 45 years of experience to discover all of them. These are some of ...
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Catastrophic cost of Foot and Mouth Disease
Foot and Mouth disease has never completely disappeared. Although it has been almost 20 years since the last major outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease in the UK, which cost the industry more than £8 Billion, it does not mean that the disease is not still a very real risk to the economy. This August the first outbreak since 2001 in the UK was identified at an abattoir in Brentwood in ...
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Correct use of ring die of animal livestock horse goat sheep rabbit shrimp feed pellet mill machine
First of all, under the premise of selecting high quality ring die, appropriate die hole form, open hole ratio and compression ratio (compression ratio = effective length of die hole/die hole diameter) should be selected according to the feed variety, formula and output. Generally speaking, straight holes and stepped holes are suitable for processing compound feed; Conical hole is suitable for ...
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African Swine Fever in Eastern Europe - Case Study
Addfield assisting the fight against African Swine Fever, it may not infect humans but this does not stop it having a devastating effect on those who keep pigs as their livestock. Client Overview Vilimeksas has been successfully implementing projects in energetics, medical and veterinary sectors in the Lithuanian market for more than 17 years. Advantages of using Addfield incinerators EfW ...
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Lambing season - Case Study
Addfield understands that lambing is the main harvest for the hill farmer, usually generating two-thirds of annual income, so we make sure our machines are a worthy investment by assuring farmer’s that they are receiving the highest quality incineration machinery. Clients overview As a farmer, deciding when the lambing season will entirely depend on your knowledge of the land and the ...
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Surprising ways Kenyans are embracing climate-smart agriculture
In rural Kenya, where it may only rain twice per year, farmers and herders are embracing so-called “climate-smart” agriculture. The video above, produced by the World Bank, begins by showing how John and Mary Obuom have transformed their one-acre farm into a model of sustainable practices. The family plants a diversity of crops in case one or more fails in a given year. A thicket of ...
By Ensia
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Why is poultry cattle goat feed pellet making equipment matter?
Why is the chicken livestock goat feed pellet making device one of the most vital devices in poultry feed handling? With the surge of the breeding market, automated machinery changes labor, chicken livestock goat feed pellet making machines have actually gone into hundreds of households, as well as chicken feed handling devices has ended up being the right-hand man of feed processing plants. ...
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