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……

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……

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……

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),……

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……

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……

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……

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……

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……

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……