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Ice Cream Business Plan: Starting A Fail-Proof Business

Before opening up your shop, do your research and know if there is adequate demand to sustain your business. Ask around and see how people react to your business idea. Try to see if they are enthusiastic about ...

Agribusiness

Animal Diseases & Zoonoses: Diagnosis, Treatment And Control

Tachycardia is marked increase in pulse rate e.g. during septicaemia or toxaemia. It could also happen during circulatory failure, extreme p...

Animal Welfare

Brachiaria Grass Promises To Increases Milk Production By 40%

With average digestibility of 70%, this grass has better returns for the farmer given the time it takes to maturity and the inputs required ...

Feeding & Nutrition

Hardware Disease in Cattle: Diagnosis & Control Measures

Peritonitis occurs as a result of ingestion of sharp materials of metallic or plastic nature. The objects are collectively referred to as ha...

Animal Welfare

Mastitis: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention Measures

Mastitis in cows is manifested as the inflammation of the cow's mammary gland and udder tissue. This disease/condition is a major endemic di...

Diseases & Health

Best Calf Management Practices From Birth To Weaning

As a farmer, there are going to be instances where you have to raise an orphaned calf. This could be due to post-parturition death of the mo...

Animal Welfare

Waste Water and Processing Water Analysis

Chlorine added into water reacts first with hydrogen sulphide and the organic matter up to the break-point level, what remains is therefore ...

Quality Management

Effective Sampling Plan & Sampling Techniques To Get The Best Analytical Samples

Sampling facilitates comprehensive analysis of any given product for quality assurance. A sample represents the quality of the entire volume...

Quality Management

Aseptic Technique: Procedure for Collecting Milk Samples

The individual carrying out the sampling activity should be extra careful to adhere to all the procedures for sample collection.

Quality Management

Determining The Presence Of Preservatives In Milk & Sources Of Contaminants

Take 2 ml of the sample to be tested, add 2 ml of 90% H2SO4 with traces of ferric chloride. The acid should be added slowly on the side of t...

Quality Management

Freemartinism in Dairy Cattle Explained

Male calves are rarely affected, however, there could be a little reduction in the size of the testicles. Larger testicles in bulls are asso...

Breeding & Reproduction

Types of Cream: Their Uses & How to Make Each

After pasteurization, it is advisable to keep the whipping cream under cold storage (at 5C) for about 24 hours. During this time, the cream ...

Agroprocessing

Food Plant Design & Layout: Factors To Consider

The potential difference between any two of the R, Y, and B is 440 volts while the potential difference between the neutral (black) cable an...

Agroprocessing

Inherent Antimicrobial System in Milk: What Keeps Your Milk Fresh

Research has shown that the ability of milk to impart these antimicrobial properties depend on certain factors in milk such as lactoperoxida...

Quality Management

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