Brazilian farmer makes big gains from giant roosters

Brazilian farmer makes big gains from giant roosters

A Brazilian poultry producer has taken his hobby of raising a giant Indian breed of rooster that reaches a height of 1.2 metres into a very profitable business in the poultry farming sector. About 20 years ago, when Rubens Braz started raising poultry, he could not...
Raw Meaty Bones As Part of Your Dog’s Diet

Raw Meaty Bones As Part of Your Dog’s Diet

RMBs that are commonly fed include chicken necks, backs, and leg quarters; turkey necks; lamb breast and necks; pork breast (riblets) and necks. Most of us who feed a raw diet to our dogs include whole raw meaty bones (RMBs), animal parts that are at least half meat...
Johne’s Disease – environmental and dam risks

Johne’s Disease – environmental and dam risks

Johne’s Disease is a chronic disease of ruminants, endemic in the UK and other nations, and is responsible for large economic losses in the dairy sector. The disease is caused by Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP), which typically infects calves...
Classical Swine Fever (Hog Cholera)

Classical Swine Fever (Hog Cholera)

Occurrence: Absent, or eradicated from many countries and notifiable.
Age affected: All ages.
Causes: Classical Swine Fever (CSF) virus.
Effects: Fever, inappetence, often nervous signs, diarrhoea, abortion, mummies and high mortality.Classical swine fever is caused...
What’s the Ideal Feeding Schedule for Dogs?

What’s the Ideal Feeding Schedule for Dogs?

A recent study suggested that once-a-day feeding schedule for adult dogs is best, but one of the study authors says the data don’t support a blanket recommendation for all dogs. A study that made headlines last year found an association between dogs who were fed just...