Researchers have developed a new toolkit for detecting trypanosome parasites in livestock, aiding efforts to monitor and ...

Southern Africa’s rangelands, covering nearly 80% of South Africa, provide essential services including livestock forage, carbon storage, water purification, and biodiversity conservation.

Livestock Development PS Jonathan Mueke emphasised the forum's theme, which shared insights on the nutritional value of ...

At the ‘Winds of Change’ Boran Information Day, Gerrit van Zyl of Hanzyl Bonsmaras spoke about how regenerative agricultural ...

More than 13 million head of livestock in the Horn of Africa died last year from climate change shocks. The continent got only 11% of its total climate finance needs in 2022, with less than 1% going ...

This research is an important advancement in the fight against global warming, as cattle play an integral role in socio-economic systems in many African cultures, while meat accounts for about 70% ...

The first records of African cattle in the Americas date back to the 1800s, when humped zebu from Senegal and n'dama cattle from Gambia were moved to areas with similar environments across the ...

The same is true for all five major domesticated species in large swathes of West Africa, where heat stress is likely to make it nearly impossible for livestock to be kept outdoors. Heat stress is ...

South Africa is building up vaccine stocks and expanding inoculations to fight a worsening foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, ...

The confirmation of foot-and-mouth disease at Karan Beef's Heidelberg feedlot has further thrown South Africa’s cattle industry into crisis.

North Africa’s historic drought has upended many families’ plans for Eid al-Adha. It's forcing governments to scramble for new ways to address a sharp shortfall in sacrificial sheep.