Livestock Health – Causes Care & Cures Of Common Cattle Diseases

If you are raising cattle in your farm, it is very important to know the types of diseases your cattle can suffer from to best manage and treat these diseases. Most of the diseases of cattle or any farm animal can be prevented through proper management and care. Tick Damage If your farm animals are suffering from ticks, they can cause severe damage to your cattle if left untreated for a long...

New Year’s Resolution Animal Welfare & Farm Animal Care All Year Long

No matter how technically advanced or modern we get, our lives will always depend a whole lot on the environment, agriculture and farm animals. The animal products that we get make a major portion of our food, and we also use several animal products such as leather, ivory, fur, and so on in our daily life. New Year is the perfect time to make a resolution to be nice to animals. Making a few...

Livestock Handling & Understanding Flight Zone For Cattle And Sheep

What is a flight zone of an animal? Flight zone is an area surrounding an animal, a distance an animal will keep for feeling safe from predators or potential danger. If encountered in this zone, including the herd handler, the animal might become alarmed, or try to escape or show escape behaviors. It is often difficult to move large groups of herding animals, especially if they are not...

Livestock Nutrition and Winter Livestock Management

Winter can be a harsh time for animals, with the freezing rain, slit, snow and rain. While we, the humans are able to cloth ourselves in warm cloths and stay indoors to drink a hot cup of coffee or hot chocolate to keep us warm, the animals on the other hand, must rely on us in order to stay warm and safe and secured for the winter. During the winter months, the livestock and other pet animals...

Sustainable Organic Farming – A Better Way Of Livestock Production

We have heard the old saying that “we are what we eat.” This saying has a great significance because what we eat has a great impact on how we live. It is closely related to our health and environment. In recent years, there has been an increased demand for food that is ethically produced and also sustainable. Along with an increase in the amount of organically grown farm lands around the world...