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Assessing ram introduction protocols and reproductive disease prevalence in selected communal sheep flocks of the Eastern Cape Province

  • 2025
  • Issue: 1
  • Volume: 18
J.M. Rust, S. Mthi, T. Rust, W.J. Goosen, Z. Mbatsha & K Mzayifani Page: 33 - 40

A study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of two different ram introduction protocols within the Eastern Cape communal sheep farming sector as well as potential reproductive disease prevalence in sheep flocks. The study was done in two phases where…

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Partial nutritional evaluation of some browser plant species utilized by communal livestock in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

  • 2016
  • Issue: 1
  • Volume: 9
S. Mthi, J.M. Rust & T.L. Morgenthal Page: 25 - 30

The aim of the study was to establish the nutritional value of different browse species utilized by communal livestock farmers, in various local municipalities of Amathole and O.R. Tambo districts of the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Leaves from twelve different…

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