The SVC Beef Herd Health Scheme

Authors

  • M. H. Lowry Private Practitioner, P.O. Box 151, Umlaas Road, 3730 South Africa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1985no20p22-26

Keywords:

herd health, cattle diseases

Abstract

In the area served by the practice concerned the state of beef herds could only be classified as very poor in 1975. The average calving percentage was 64% with a breeding season of 120 days or more. In addition mortality was high with a conservative estimate of 6 to 8% not being uncommon if calf mortality was included. The entire beef enterprise in this predominantly sugar growing area, was a “Cinderella” one with the occasional beef crop being taken off every now and then.

Cover image of the 20th Volume of the Bovine Practitioner: A photo of Niagra falls from the opposite side of the falls, a small tour boat in the center right gives scale to the sheer magnitude and power of the falls.

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Published

1985-11-01

How to Cite

Lowry, M. H. (1985). The SVC Beef Herd Health Scheme. The Bovine Practitioner, 1985(20), 22–26. https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1985no20p22-26

Issue

No. 20 (1985 November)

Section

Articles