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One strategy to improve farm profitability within a sheep breeding enterprise is to improve conception rates at joining to increase the lambing percentage. Providing the key nutritional requirements for ewes and rams prior to and… Continue reading Improving Conception Rates In Ewes

Is Pregnancy Toxaemia Affecting Your Flock?Pregnancy Toxaemia is a metabolic disorder in ruminants that is a result of a high carbohydrate or energy demand by the foetus exceeding what the mother can supply from her… Continue reading Pregnancy Toxaemia In Sheep

Magnesium is Essential for AnimalsClosely associated with calcium and phosphorus, magnesium is a critical macro mineral essential to most biochemical body processes. While magnesium exists in all cells, 60-70% predominantly resides in the skeleton and… Continue reading Mineral Of The Month: Magnesium

Zinc is a bluish-silvery metal that is mined in about 40 countries. Zinc is found everywhere in daily life; in every cell of the animal body (it’s the second most abundant trace mineral after iron),… Continue reading Mineral Of The Month: Zinc

The Importance of calcium for the breeding cowThere have been a number of reports this season of breeders in good condition, experiencing calving losses. In most cases, these animals are up to date with vaccinations… Continue reading The Importance Of Minerals For Breeders

Calcium is a necessary component of all living things and is also abundant in non-living things, particularly those that help support life, such as soil and water (Pedersen, 2020). Calcium was first isolated by Sir… Continue reading Mineral Of The Month: Calcium

Vitamins are nutrients that animals require in very small quantities for normal growth and maintenance of life, and the requirements for each differ considerably. Vitamins are involved in metabolic processes as co-factors in energy, protein… Continue reading Vitamins – Function & Deficiency

Phosphorus (P) was discovered in 1669 by Hennig Brand when he extracted it from buckets of urine and because the substance glowed in the dark, he initially called it “cold fire”. Due to its reactive… Continue reading Mineral Of The Month: Phosphorus

We are coming into Summer and it’s that time of year where we start cranking up those air conditioners. Like us, animals also suffer from the effects of heat and now is the time to… Continue reading Be Ready For The Heat!

Sulphur (S) comes from the Latin word sulphurium, meaning ‘burning stone’ or, as it is colloquially termed throughout history, ‘brimstone’. Sulphur is a chemical element found near hot springs or in large quantities of rock… Continue reading Mineral Of The Month: Sulphur