NEWS
Wet summer brings on ailments in Gauteng
T
he exceptionally wet
late summer this year
has seen outbreaks of
all manner of livestock
diseases in Gauteng and
surrounds, with everything
from worse-than-normal
infestations of ticks and fleas
on dogs and cats being
reported, to fatal cases of
pneumonia and African Horse
Sickness.
One of the facets of small-
holder agriculture is that,
because of the close proxim-
ity of small flock