Goat breeding is an act of animal husbandry and when you finally decide to add a few goats to your life or start a commercial goat farm, this article would be of great benefit to you . Various products are obtained from them, which includes milk,fiber and skins . Especially milk which is very nutritious and good for children and adults with abdominal discomfort.
When is the best time to breed a goat
An organic way of preventing and treating fish diseases that works.
For a very long time now, plant-derived compounds have long been used in the organic treatment of many diseases in fish farming.
A lot of plants have been used to investigate the effects of
their compounds to enhance the immune responses and increase the protective
abilities against diseases in fish farming
Many studies have shown that essential oils, extracts and
isolated substances from plants might be an important and alternative treatment
against diseases in fish farming.
The medicinal plants can be used not only against diseases
but even more so, as growth promoters, stress resistance boosters and for prevention of infections.
Also, these medicinal plants
provide a cheaper source for treatment and greater accuracy than the
inorganic or chemical treatments without causing toxicity.
To date, more than 60 plant species have been studied for use
to control different disease in fish farming.
I'm going to show you one of the best organic combination
for treatment and prevention of diseases in fishes.
I prefer to use preventive measures because it's less
expensive than curative measures. You should know that as a wise fish farmer,
you shouldn't let disease creep in first before you start taking preventive measures . You should
prepare to keep all diseases far away from your fishes.
Here we go!
Ingredients needed for organic fish treatment
1. Salt
2. Bitter leaves
3. Neem leaves
4. Mornings leaves
5. Paw-paw leaves
6. Garlic
These ingredients work like magic!
How to use.
1. Measure out the items needed
You will need 3 kilos of Salt, 25% of neem leaves, 20% of
bitter leaves, 25% Moringa, 20% Paw-paw leaves and 10% of garlic.
Apart from the salt, the medicinal plants should make 100%
of any weight you're using depending on get quantity of organic treatment you want to make.
2. Blend all together to make a very smooth paste.
3. For treatment, mix everything including the 3 kilos of
salt in 100 litres of water while for prevention make the volume of water to be
150 litres.
4. Flush off pond water completely.
5. Apply the treatment combo into the pond and observe the
fishes closely.
6. If there's any strange reaction from the fishes, top the
water up to 5% of the pond volume.
7. Leave the fishes in the combo for 30 minutes.
8. Top the pond water to cover the fishes and leave for
another 30 minutes.
9. Fully top up the pond with water.
10. Repeat every day for 3 days if fishes are sick and repeat
once every week for preventive measures.
That's all guys..
Please if you tried it, share your experience with us in the
comment box. Also ask questions where you have challenges.
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Profitable Agribusiness Ideas
We all know that agriculture is a thriving sector in all economies of the world especially Nigeria(maybe because I'm Nigerian). As we all know food business is big business because everyone must eat to survive.
Agribusiness in Nigeria is still very profitable because more than 180million Nigerians need to eat.
Agribusiness also offers the opportunity to get wealthy and also add value by providing food.
Agribusiness generally involves crop production, meat production, food processing, distribution, and marketing.
In this article, we have detailed profitable agribusiness ideas for Aspiring Entrepreneurs in Nigeria and beyond.
How to Produce Your Own Chicken Feeds: The Best Formula
Chicken feed accounts for more than 80% of the cost of poultry production. Right now, the increasing cost of feeds is driving many poultry farmers out of business. Making your own feeds would cut down costs while increasing the profit margin of your poultry farming.
Today, I'm going to show you how to make your own chicken feed.
An Expert's guide on making huge profits from yam farming business
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Yams stored in a barn |
Yam farming business is a profitable agribusiness venture which you can start on a medium to large scale. Nigeria is a major producer and consumer of yams, yet we have not sustained production to support exports on a large scale.
Consumer demand for yam is generally very high in Nigeria and yam cultivation is very
Agriculture 4.0 - The Future Of Farming Technology
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Map of agricultural technology and maturity |
These are the reasons why your fishes are not fast growing and how to prevent it.
Many farmers have been complaining of their fishes not growing well. Some farmers may get discouraged and attribute the poor catfish or tilapia growth to a lot of things not knowing that there are important things they are not doing right.
A good number of cases of poor growth in catfishes and tilapia are due to