Set up poultry houses or cages for your chickens.🐓 Chickens need shelter from the outdoor weather💭 and predators.🐶 Buy or build a chicken coop or cage🏚️ on your farm with…
When you start buying feed for your goats, you’ll undoubtedly want to consider what they like to eat, as some owners find their animals will eat relatively anything. In contrast,…
Dairy cattle are commonly reared under three production systems: 1) Zero-grazing: The animals are housed and the farmers bring all the feed and water to the animals. The zero grazing…
Is a chronic, contagious, granulomatous disease affecting small intestine of adult ruminants. It’s caused by mycobacterium avium, a fastidious, acid-fast, gram positive rod. Transmission Ingestion of contaminated milk/ direct contact.…
Is an acute, highly fatal intoxication of all domestic animals and humans. It’s caused by neurotoxin produced by bacteria clostridium tetani. Transmission Spores are introduced into the tissue through wounds,…
ANTHRAX Is a peracute, acute, or subacute, often fatal disease of animals including goats. It is commonly known as woolsorter’s disease, splenic fever, charbon, and milzbrand. It’s caused by…
Origin A savanna goat is a solid white, short-haired domestic goat with dark grey or black skin. They are descendants of Boer goats bred specifically for their white coats, dark…
ADVANTAGES OF RAISED STRUCTURES OVER NON RAISED STRUCTURES Raised structures/ housing, the poles and floor are usually made with bamboo and wood.This type of housing is very suitable for goat…
CROSS BREEDING IN GOATS is a way of realizing quicker genetic improvement than by selection, matching genotype with the environment and benefiting from the complementarity of the breeds involved. REASONS…
Establishing a new pasture requires some management to get the forage growing quickly and vigorously. Here are some of the key factors involved in establishing or renovating a pasture: Key…