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    Good milking practice III – Checking for and treating mastitis
    Being a nutritious animal product, milk quality and quantity is determined by the methods of milking, feeding and animal health. Mastitis is the infection of milk producing gland in the udder. Bacteria invades the teat via the teat end canals and cause infection. Mastitis is a fight between bacteria invading udder and cow fighting infection. […]
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    Good milking practice II – Preparing for milking
    Being a nutritious animal product, milk quality and quantity is determined by the methods of milking, feeding and animal health. Mastitis is the infection of milk producing gland, the udder. Bacteria invades the teat via the teat end canals and cause infection. Mastitis is a fight between bacteria invading udder and cow fighting infection. Milking […]
    Duration: 00:12:57
    How to utilise hay to avoid wastage
    Hay is semi dried grass compacted into bales and can be stored to be fed to animals in times of feed scarcity. To make hay, let the grass grow, cut it and let it regrow. After cutting, let the grass semi dry. Bale it and store it in a raised place like a hay bank. […]
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    How to manage pregnant mothers and kids
    Special care and attention should be given to kids and pregnant goats in goat farming. Natural synchronization does not involve use of artificial hormones but the male is removed from the flock for 3 months. The females keep coming on heat but miss to be served and when introduced, many females will come on heat […]
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    How to manage your goat kids to avoid stunting
    Farmers go through many challenges but most of the challenges they go through can be solved. When goats have parasites, their hair become rough, the goats look dirty and their bellies swell. This causes the animals to get stunted and some times die. To minimize kids‘ exposure to the parasites, do not allow the kids […]
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    Procedures of starting goat farming
    Before beginning goat farming business, there are some key things to consider. When beginning goat farming, human resource is a very important factor, because it is these that help in feeding and rearing of the goats. Sometimes its hard to find a graduate doing such a job and in most cases you have to deal […]
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    Causes of sudden death and how to spray in goats
    Spraying is one of the challenges facing livestock farmers because sometimes tick resistance to acaricides develops. Tick resistance to acaricides can be overcome by changing the acaricide used every 3 months. When changing the acaricide, take note to change to an acaricide with a different active ingredient to the one you have been previously using […]
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    Managing pure breeds of goats in local environments
    Pure breeds are more productive and have a faster growth rate than local breeds but people are afraid of rearing them because they feel they are too complicated. With good management, goats can live in all environments in Africa and specifically Uganda. Pure breeds of goats can live in same structure as locals. This enables […]
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    Tick control in Africa
    Ticks hinder livestock production as they cause blood loss from animals, disease transfer and also wounds to animals. However through proper control approaches ticks can be easily controlled. Furthermore, avoid using the tick control acaricide since it creates resistance against ticks. Effective tick control involves a joint forces between government, non government partners and farmers. […]
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    How to start a dairy farm
    Dairy farming is a profitable business idea as dairy products are highly demanded, however to start up a dairy farm there are key steps that should be put into consideration. However as one starts up a dairy farm consider purchasing healthy and vaccinated animals to reduce on death and disease incidences. Usually dairy animals require […]
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