November 2023 49 This simple program has worked extremely well with over 50% conception with a single straw. But the nDamas are amazingly fertile cattle and good mothers. There was an abattoir on the ranch which was upgraded to an acceptable standard and the slaughtermen were trained in hygiene and slaughter practices. There were adequate refrigeration facilities to ensure carcass quality and a refrigerated truck was available for the transport of the carcasses to the market 600 kilometers away on virtually non-existent roads. Herd numbers in the last three years have increased at expected levels and the at this rate the farm should be fully stocked with 30,000 breeding females within 25 years – far too long for me to wait but there are plans in place to increase the replacement rate buy using sexed semen for example. v And the herd now. And the man who helped make it all possible – Gui Lov Dibanganga Regulars I Life plus 24
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