The herd was one of the first herds of cattle to be tagged and be placed onto the ID tags & GMPBasic system:

 

 

 

 
  • The animals arrived on Mr. Asmal's farm in late 2006. Most of the heifers and especially the cows were in poor body condition. 2006 had been a very dry year with many animals across the country being in poor body condition due to a general lack of feed.
  • All animals were immediately treated for internal and external parasites.
  • A whole spectrum of bacterial & viral disease conditions were prophylactically vaccinated for.
  • Despite these early efforts, some cows were already too emaciated and subsequently died. These losses were however restricted and through a process of feed support and sound animal health care the herd's condition improved dramatically.
  • During the next 18 months the following treatments were applied by Mr Asmal and these actions assisted him to improve the status of the herd within a short period

    1. Pour - on remedy to control ticks
    2. Vaccinations - Supavax   ( Anthrax, Botulism, Clostridium )
                            Multiclos   ( 8 types of Clostridium diseases )
                            Bovilis Qarat ( BVD, IBR, PI3, BRSV )
                            Lumpy skin disease
                            Bovitect P ( Pasteurella )

    3. Deworming remedy - Fluxacur, Ivotan L.A.

     
  • The cows conditions improved and the number of new born calves were very evident

     
  • To date the numbers of animals have increased dramatically to the point that a sale is going to be held on 19 June 2008 in order to reduce stock.
     
  • The state veterinary department of Gauteng, will be testing all the animals for TB & CA disease. All positive animals will be removed from the herd.
  • A private practicing veterinarian will also SCAN all the cows and provide the relevant PD ( pregnancy diagnosis ) data to the farm management. They will log this data on the software system for management purposes.

     
  • The auctioneers on the day were:

    ELITE AUCTIONEERS
    19 June 2008
    Heidelberg
    Gauteng
     
  • All animals details are available via the ID Tags & GMPBasic system for prospective new owners. Owners wishing to receive this data electronically will receive a free CD & user manual in order to import the details of their animals.

     


 

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