Tag: Sheep Breeding

Sheep scab, or brandsiekte, a skin disease caused by the sheep scab mite (Psoroptes ovis), is a major threat to ...

Every sheep or goat farmer wants to have as many healthy lambs or kids as possible on a regular basis. ...

Tail docking in sheep is still often influenced by breed standards and tradition. Dorper breeders, for instance, tend to dock ...

Epididymitis in sheep, also called ram’s disease, is a chronic infection of the epididymis – a long, tightly coiled tube on ...

The Afrino is one of South Africa’s youngest locally developed sheep breeds. Although it has not made the same impact ...

The annual Wauldby-Dohne Merino auction was held on 12 March on the farm Wauldby in the Kei Road district of ...

A ram fetched the highest price of R35 000 at the national Dorper auction held at Bela-Bela on 8 March, ...

Merino rams with high-quality fine and superfine wool offered on the 21st production sale of the P’Drino Merino stud attracted ...

King Letsie III of Lesotho attended Heuningkrans Merino’s 49th production auction in the Smithfield district on Thursday 27 February and ...

The recent FEM Dohne-Merino auction and farmers' day, held on 1 February in Burgersdorp, was not only a great success, ...