BUSINESS CATTLE BOOK
Illustrated vet book for cattle farmers Words by: Jackie Harrigan
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fter working for over 40 years in Taranaki as a large-animal vet, keen photographer Cathy Thompson had amassed a huge collection of photos of animal health conditions, interesting and unusual cases, and onfarm facilities. Now she has spent the first two years of her retirement using the photos to write, firstly, a Practical Guide for
Cattle Veterinarians and, recently, a Veterinary Book for Cattle Farmers. Cathy has always been a keen photographer and says she was always really interested in the different things she saw onfarm with farmers and their animals. “Some were really gory and I often brought bits back to the clinic to show people,” she says, laughing about how she used to drag the poor clinic receptionists out to see what she had collected.
Thinking outside the [tree and fence lined] box Dung beetles will deliver upon the promise to restore and protect our freshwater while increasing production and drought tolerance. We need to be smarter than just focusing on planting and fencing. MPI supports planting, fencing and “other initiatives to prevent farm runoff ”. Without question that is where dung beetles fit in. There is absolutely no better scientifically proven way of reducing overland flow than dung beetles. They deliver an up to 80% reduction in overland flow. This results in a 97% reduction in sediment, and equally includes reduced e. coli and phosphorus. Seed dung beetles to fix the broken nutrient cycle and boost production.
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