VITAMINS FOR ANIMAL HEALTH

Vitamins are handy and vital for your animal health.When animals are exposed to stressors such as fatigue, diseases,vaccination,environmental changes,dehydration e.t.c. Give this vitamin supplement to restore health. Vitamins very beneficial to regulate metabolic reactions, keep it in your box.

TETANUS IN HORSES!!!

Caused by clostridium tetani, prevalent in soil and feces.Wound contamination is common route of infection.The classical signs are stiffened gait and prolapse of 3rd eyelid .Prevention is by vaccinating horses and treatment will include antitoxin and wound treatment and management.

BOTULISM IN HORSES!!!

Clostridium botulinum lives in moist soil and areas with high humidity and prevalent in decaying matter.The toxins that are produced are very potent resulting in death within 3-5 days of onset of signs. Clostridium botulinum is related to tetanus but more potent than tetanus.The source of infection is usually contaminated pasture that has dead/decaying bodies of animals.The spores are ingested with pasture, the spores can also be consumed from contaminated hay,there is also the possibility of wound contamination by spores. Botulism affects old and young horses, although young horses are very susceptible with a resultant malady disease referred to as shaker foal syndrome. The shaker foal syndrome occurs at 3-8 weeks of age and symptoms include weakness,inability to rise, profound muscle tremor.The uncontrollable shaking often cause the foal to tumble and remain recumbent,death occurs as a result of respiratory paralysis. The classical signs of botulism include;1) muscular tremors and stilted gait. 2)difficult eating and swallowing. 3)progressive muscle weakness 4)decreased tail and tongue tone 4)respiratory paralysis followed by death. The botulinum toxin reproduces repeatedly and rapidly in the horse's gut. Treatment; isolation of affected horse . 2)injection of antitoxin to all horses in the stables.

AGRIBUSINESS : EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND FOOD SECURITY.

Emotional intelligence refers to a person's ability to recognize his or her own and other people's emotions, understand the effect of these emotions, and to use that information to provide better working conditions to promote success in any enterprise.

  Agriculture is broad and plagued by numerous problems that are hindering production and promoting food insecurity.The administrator should go pass normal work rules,they should inject emotional intelligence to their routine .

The best workers are the highly motivated, you can only get the best out of workers if your rules,laws have a human face. The agri business that will be productive must ensure good working conditions for staff to prevent sabotage of venture. 

Food security. The farm hands that are poorly paid,neglected or relegated and unappreciated carry out their duties shabbily.The routine vaccinations,medications and other biosecurity protocols are neglected resulting in losses of animals. 

When workers are not properly compensated ,this will result in a lot of theft/compromise on their part and financial losses on the part of investors. 

Emotional intelligence. We have all heard the devastating news of the cyanide poisoning that has claimed the lives of 71 elephants at Hwange national park in recent weeks,” “We need to motivate our rangers so that they do not engage in poaching activities,” “It was noted that a number of issues such as low staff morale, lack of community benefits and hunting quota anomalies are fuelling poaching in Zimbabwe,” Oppah Muchinguri told a meeting of conservationists, government and security officials on Thursday while calling for improvements in their working conditions.

 This is a classical case of lack of emotional intelligence and the cascading effect on economic growth.( culled from the guardian). Food security. Working conditions are very important to the growth of any economy.

The poaching in the various parks also stem from poor working conditions; salaries, health insurance,conducive environment will motivate workers on all spheres resulting in desired economic growth. Emotional intelligence. #emotional intelligence #foodsecurity

AGRICULTURE : A NEW APPROACH.

The raising of birds can be a tedious task, or outright stressful if you dont know how to raise birds.The myth in the chain can be broken with proper education and hands-on work through with professionals. There are various methods of investing in the poultry value chain, these are direct and indirect investment.The common mode of investment here is the direct type; here the investors are involved in various stages of production that resonant with them. Agriculture The indirect phase,the investors pay a certain amount of money depending on level of investment such as gold,bronze and diamond.The investors partners with agri investors,that raise the birds,sell and give profit to the investor. This is an easy way of investing in the value chain,just pay required amount according to level of participation.Its with so much excitement that i announce the participation of a foreign agri-investment company to the investors forum.The company are coming down with all their expertise ,partnering with farmers to ensure food security.I was amazed at their track records, fast delivery,monitoring of progress of business online, broilers the Ross type, ready for market at 2.6kg at 6 weeks,and the investment is safe and covered by agreements backed by law. This is a new approach to the poultry value chain, another MDGS goal realized by partnering with foreign bodies for growth and development. Yes, you can be a silent partner in the poultry value chain and still make profit. The march towards food security and sustainability is on,and the call for investors to the value chain is on-going.The players in this value chain have been highlighted and our network increasing daily. These group of investors bring all the players of the chain on a platform; a central data pool. This platform will be multifaceted,it will bring all the aspects of the chain together,providing a tracking and tracing model,which will be a planning tool,marketing tool and learning platform. How will it work?? the platform will have data of those involved in the various aspect of the chain,their location, the aspect of production they are involved in and the population of the birds. This information will give data on vaccination/medication, so that at any point in time the health status of various sets of birds can be accessed. The platform will be a marketing tool,where manufacturers of drugs,feed,farm tools can reach out to customers.The platform will be a vital tool for planning,because you know the number of birds in chain,the vaccines can be acquired, medications/vitamins can be sourced and distributed.Each chain operator will have a code,this will allow tracing,tracking and tailored medical interventions. The platform will grant open access to all strata of the chain; linking all aspects together so that customers can access all sale information on the site.Training and learning will be available on site,with hand outs,webinars and interactive forum;where producers can be tutored and new interested producers can be trained. The platform will make access about the chain easy,the platform will also be a money market where goods and services can be accessed and paid for by using your phone.This platform will provide an onsite information about the value chain. Partnership with local and international companies for exchange of technology will be easy using this inter phase.The value change is broad and a platform for bringing all investors together is so vital to the success.

DOGS AND POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER.

Dogs are usually a therapy aid for people with post traumatic stress disorder, helping them to stay balanced and healthy.Post traumatic stress disorder is a mental condition provoked by traumatic experiences usually associated with war and military personnel. The military dogs that accompany the officers to war, are now showing signs of the PTSD. A recent report confirms this and also the fact that not only war dogs are susceptible; read more here http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/nov/11/canine-ptsd-us-military-working-dogs

THE FORCE OF THE COCKROACH'S BITE.

A cockroach's bite packs a lot of force,at least 5 times stronger than a human's teeth.The cockroach bite can exert a force 50 times the body weight.The cockroach has the ability to activate muscle fibers in their jaws to boost their bite. The cockroach's bite ranges from quick and feeble bites to powerful, long-lasting ones. “The weaker and shorter bites are generated by relatively fast muscle fibres, while the longer and stronger bites were possible by activating muscle fibres that take time to reach their maximum force to cope with heavy duty tasks. This just further emphasizes the need to keep our environment pest free, the economic loss due to these pests are enormous.The use of insecticides should be encouraged to reduce loses , proper storage of feed and food materials are important. Read more of this study;http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/nov/11/cockroaches-grind-jaws-five-times-stronger-than-humans-says-research.