Ruminants

There are four main or major breeds of sheep in Nigeria for instance and they include the following breeds of sheep: the West Africa Dwarf,… Read More »Breed Characteristics for Selecting Sheep

There are lots of things that may be responsible for this regular issue of people complaining that they do see a lot of dead pregnant… Read More »Reasons why Pregnant Sheep Die by the Road-side and How to Control it

This fattening of sheep and goats guide provides essential insights into the intensive feeding process that helps farmers achieve the desired weight and fat content… Read More »Complete Guide on How to Fatten Sheep and Goats

This articles primary objective is to walk you through a detailed goat production guide. The domestic goat is a subspecies of the wild goat found… Read More »Goat Production Complete Guide

Properly measuring and determination of body weight is essential for achieving many important goals related to the medical or economic status of animals. However, in… Read More »Determination of Body Weight for Small Ruminants

Milk taken directly from a cow is usually sterile, however, it becomes contaminated during and after milking due to factors like the milker, milking utensils,… Read More »Different Types of Cow Milking Utensils

This article will provide you with a sheep production guide which in return, will broaden your knowledge about sheep management. Proper care of pregnant, birthing,… Read More »Sheep Production and Management Guide

Heat detection in cows refers to the process of identifying when a cow is in estrus, or “heat,” which is the period when she is… Read More »Techniques of Heat Detection in Cows

Catching and holding of sheep and goats easily might sound like a farmyard wrestling match, but with the right techniques, it’s all about finesse, not… Read More »How to Catch and Hold Sheep and Goats Easily

Artificial insemination technique (AI) is a technique used in animal reproduction where sperm is collected from a male animal and manually introduced into the reproductive… Read More »Artificial Insemination Technique in Animal Reproduction

Artificial insemination (AI) is a preferred method for introducing superior genes from individuals that are free from specific diseases, which helps improve the production of… Read More »Artificial Insemination Procedure in Animal Reproduction

The methods of milking involves several key steps to ensure good milk let down, reduce the risk of mastitis, and remove milk efficiently. Generally, Milking… Read More »Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Methods of Milking

Ruminant animals include: Sheep, Goat, Cow (Cattle) etc. and there are many causes of wounds in the body of ruminant animals and they include but… Read More »Ruminant Animal Wounds: Causes and Methods of Treatment

As a beginner, there are most times many questions you may wish to ask concerning your ruminant animals and am sure that a question like… Read More »Worm Infestation on Ruminant Animals: Symptoms and Treatment

In livestock farming business, Ruminant farmers usually raise questions like where is one supposed to put their drugs, is it in their feeds or water?… Read More »Livestock Farming: Best Route of Drug Administration for Ruminants

Most times, Ruminant farmers ask questions like: is there any drug that one can give ruminant animals for them to develop faster? Hmm! Well the… Read More »Ways to Fatten Ruminant Animals Faster for Profits

In this article, we will discuss the milking process in a dairy farm. The milking process is very important because bad milking methods lead to injury to the udder, reduce… Read More »Milking Process in a Diary Farm

In this article, we will be explaining the various types of feed materials that are available in your environment for the ruminants feeding. First, it… Read More »Ruminants Feeding Materials and Classification of Feedstuffs

The best way to go about handling those animal diseases that are treatable is to first of all be sure of the diseases itself by… Read More »How to treat Ruminant Animal Diseases

There are some signs and symptoms which we described during our previous post on Diseases Ruminant Animals get from feeds and water and Signs to… Read More »Guide to Identify the Disease Affecting your Ruminant Animals

It is very possible for ruminant animals (livestocks) to get diseases from feeds and water. In fact those are the major ways by which they… Read More »List of Diseases Ruminant Animals (Livestock) Get from Feeds and Water