Gauteng Smallholder May 2017 | Page 10

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