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ADVERTORIAL LIZA BOHLMANN
Byboost makes
any herd a top herd
Byboost is a liquid mineral and vitamin supplement, adapted in different formulations for young animals, as well as older large and small livestock. In this supplement cattle, goat and sheep farmers tell us how
Bthey use Byboost and why they want to recommend it.
yboost supports the general herd, which he manages with his daughter, health, production (growth) Charmonè Botha. She is the fourth gene- and reproduction of lives- ration on the farm and for the past two tock. years has been farming alongside her dad.
Farmers who use pro-
ducts from the Byboost line MEAT AND WOOL PRODUCTION can’t stop talking about the “I’ve been using Byboost for the past four
benefits and how it uplifted their herds to years and could almost immediately see top trop status. the favourable impact on the lambs.
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Stoffberg, Mpumalanga
One of the farmers who likes to talk about how well Byboost works for his sheep flock, is Mr Charles Botha. He is a third generation farmer on the farm Klip- spruit, between Stoffberg and Middelburg in Mpumalanga. He currently has 2 000 commercial Mutton Merino ewes.
Klipspruit has crops such as maize and soybeans and a bit of oats on fallout lands for green fodder. In winter the sheep also graze on crop residues.
Charles’ father and grandfather also far- med with sheep. The foundation of the herd is therefore cemented in the Botha family for a good 100 years. They annually buy stud rams on the national sale.
To him Byboost is an essential part of the
I usually give it to the weaker lambs. You can immediately see how their energy levels improve. I also see a lot less sore eyes and the quality of the weaner lambs is better than before. It is no longer necessa- ry to give vitamin A supplements for sore eyes, because Byboost has it all in one.”
At the beginning he did his own trials to see how good the remedy is and whether it’s worth the effort and money to dose his sheep and lambs with it.
The first crucial factor for him was the weaning percentage and quality of the weaner lambs.
In any cycle there are “crumbs” that fall through the cracks. This is the weaker lambs with the round tummies that just
Mr Charles Botha
don’t look good nor grow well because they are sick or because their mothers do not have enough milk. I started with this group and gave them Byboost Lamb and Kid. I could immediately see how well they responded to the treatment and caught up with the healthier lambs.
“We treat preventative and the results are visibly effective – to the extent that we could maintain a weaning rate of 115%–125% the previous season.
He does not use antibiotics in the feed and instead concentrates on maintaining
Wet, miserable weather, as experienced in large parts of the interior of the country during summer, is far from ideal for sheep, which prefer drier weather. With the benefits of Byboost, Charles’s Mutton Merino flock doesn’t suffer from produc- tion losses in stressful conditions like this.
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