Management practices for good health
- provide balanced ration to increase disease resistance
- select healthy breeding stock
- cull animals susceptible to certain diseases
- use appropriate breeding methods to avoid disease transmission
- provide proper housing e.g calf pens to avoid diseases.
- maintain high level of hygiene
- isolate or confine sick animals from healthy ones
- Treat sick animals
- impose quarantine incase of out breaks of notifiable diseases
- use prophylactic drugs e.g dewormers
- carry out regular vaccination
- control vectors such as ticks
- slaughter & dispose properly affected animal if cannot be cured.
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