
Media Statement: Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak – MOLEMOLE DISTRICT – 14 November 2019
Media Statement JOINT STATEMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, LAND REFORM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY 14 November 2019 Progress: Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak – MOLEMOLE DISTRICT On 1 November 2019, veterinary services were alerted to clinical signs suspected to be Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in a herd of cattle on […]


Octavoscene | 10th Anniversary
2019 Marks our 10th Anniversary since the business was established in 2009 in September by the former founding Director, Martiens Booysen. Dr Shaun Morris (BVSc (Hons) MSc Agric), a specialist feedlot expert and veterinarian took over from Martiens Booysen in 2018. Dr Shaun Morris | Director Dr Shaun Morris qualified in […]


39ste Jongooi-Kudde Evaluering | Agri Malmesbury
Die Skaapstudiegroep van Malmesbury Landbouvereniging het weer vanjaar op Vrydag, 2 Augustus 2019 sy 39ste jaarlikse Jongooi Kudde-Evaluering aangebied. Octavoscene Wes-Kaap was een van die vele ander borge wat die dag ‘n groot sukses gemaak het. Die gemeenskap het ‘n dag vol van opwinding gehad. Die omliggende skole het die dag kom bywoon sowel as […]


Management of Highly Stressed, Newly Received Feedlot Cattle
Abstract Morbidity and mortality from bovine respiratory disease (BRD) and associated losses in performance and carcass merit continue to plague the beef cattle industry. Several viral/bacterial agents are responsible for BRD, and interactions occur among the agents. Viral agents often predispose animals to bacterial infections, and Mannheimia haemolytica is the most frequently isolated organism in […]