Livestock Disease Trends - February 2013
Due to severe drought conditions in certain parts of the country now is the time to get rid of all unproductive and old animals.
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Keep your broilers cool
Follow these tips provided by the Livestock Research and Innovation Institute of the Limpopo Department of Agriculture to reduce the effect of summer’s high temperatures on broiler houses.
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Get transplanting right for seedling survival
The yield potential of commercial forestry hybrids is all for naught if they aren’t transplanted properly. Dr Keith Little of the Institute for Commercial Forestry Research (ICFR) shared his tips with Lloyd Phillips.
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Pigs reared on pastures and acorns
Allowing pigs to graze like sheep will never keep supermarkets stocked brimful with bacon, as Charlie Crowther admits. But he has nonetheless found a market for his pasture-reared pigs. Denene Erasmus reports.
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Mycotoxins make poultry more vulnerable
Mycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites produced by fungi that grow on certain agricultural products. The presence of mycotoxins in feed has a detrimental effect on animals in production systems. Lloyd Phillips reports.
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Removing the hazards from transplanting
We’ve covered the requirements for the most suitable seedlings in the past few articles. It doesn’t stop there, though, as all this good work can be undone during transplanting – and shortly thereafter.
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Countering heat stress in cattle
Supplementary feeding involving nutrient manipulation is an immediate strategy to mitigate production losses in ruminants affected by heat stress.
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Endophytes can work for you
Endophytes can be found in tall fescue and other grass species, where they can poison livestock. But they can also help a plant to grow in hot climates, and a multi-species pasture might just be the way to get the balance right.
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The wheat yield barrier
There are increasing global concerns that genetic gains in wheat-yield potential haven't kept pace with gains in other crops, such as hybrid maize and soyabeans.
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Test tube or artificial insemination?
Dairy farmers wanting to increase the number of calves and the percentage of heifers born on their farms should consider in-vitro fertilisation as opposed to artificial insemination, reports Alan Harman. Issue date : 1 October
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