Animal Husbandry

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Dryland farmers increase milk, lower cost through camel & goat dairy farming

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Farmers in north sub-Saharan Africa’s drylands are able to raise milk production with lower inputs by shifting from cattle to camel and goat farming. The report outlined that increasing goat and camel populations by 14 per cent (7.7 million) and 10 per cent (1.2 million), respectively while reducing the dairy cattle population by 24 per …

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Intercropping Napier and desmodium raises milk output

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Re­search has shown that small­holder farm­ers can in­crease milk yields for their an­im­als by feed­ing them on a mix­ture of Napier grass and Des­modium. Napier grass is a spe­cies of per­en­nial trop­ical grass nat­ive to the African grass­lands. A ma­jor­ity of small scale farm­ers use the crop to feed their an­im­als in the dairy pro­duc­tion …

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Teeth clipping key in controlling mastitis in pigs

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Farm­ers can cut on sow mast­itis treat­ment costs by clip­ping pig­let teeth on the first day after birth. Clip­ping in­volves ‘cut­ting’ or ablunt­ing of the eight teeth to get rid of the sharp poin­ted ends. Pig­lets are born with needle­like teeth, which can in­jure the udder of the mother dur­ing suck­ling. “Wounds pre­dis­pose the moth­ers …

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Little upkeep, lucrative returns: Why galla goats are a perfect side venture

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By George Munene Mcharo Mbogho’s word of ad­vice for any would be goat breeder is that they need an abid­ing pas­sion for the an­im­als and the art, without which they won’t weather the tough times that al­tern­ate with the good in goat farm­ing. In three loc­a­tion in Taita-Taveta County, he has 450 heads of mostly …

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Murang’a farmer feeds cows with yeast, improves milk production by up to three litres a day

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Murang’a County County farmer Boniface Mwangi has been recording gradual increase of milk from one litre to two litres over time to three litres a day after consistently mixing yeast with commercial feeds. “Yeast expels oxygen from the digestive system of the cattle, making anaerobic bacteria to increase in number. Bacteria that live in the …

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