Pamesy Livestock Services

26/08/2026

The world would be a nicer place if everyone had the ability to love as unconditionally as a dog 🤍

🐶Happy national dog day🐶

25/08/2026

PIG PRODUCTION 🐖 🐷

Pig production is the practice of breeding and raising domestic pigs primarily for pork and animal by-products through structured management systems.
Increasing pig production output and farm profitability relies on optimizing key biological leverage points: breeding efficiency, nutrition management, biosecurity, and mortality reduction.

4. Core Pillars for Scaling Production

1.​Reproductive Efficiency:
-​Sow Management: Target 2.3 to 2.4 farrowings per sow per year by maintaining strict weaning-to-estrus intervals (aiming for less than 6 days).
-​Artificial Insemination (AI): Use high-index terminal boars to improve litter size, average birth weight, and feed conversion ratios across offspring.
-​Litter Optimization: Aim for 12–14 born alive per litter through proper flushing feeds 10 days prior to breeding.

2.​Targeted Nutritional Phases:
-​Creep Feeding: Introduce highly digestible creep feed starting at 7 days of age to condition the digestive tract prior to weaning.
-​Phase Feeding: Transition diets continuously (Creep \rightarrow Starter \rightarrow Grower \rightarrow Finisher) to match exact amino acid requirements and avoid feed waste.
-​Water Access: Ensure flow rates meet baseline needs—minimum 1.5–2 L/min for lactating sows and 0.5–1 L/min for growers.

3.​Piglet Survival & Farrowing Management:
​-Colostrum Intake: Ensure every piglet ingests adequate colostrum within the first 6 hours of birth for crucial passive immunity transfer.
-​Suckling Warmth: Maintain farrowing creep area temperatures at 30–32°C (86–90°F) for newborns, dropping gradually as they mature, while keeping the sow area at 18–20°C (64–68°F).
-​Anemia Prevention: Administer iron injections within 48 to 72 hours post-birth.

4.​Biosecurity & Herd Health Protocols:
_​All-In / All-Out Systems: Run strict batch production per house to allow total washing, disinfection, and down-time between herds.
​_External Biosecurity: Implement strict vehicle disinfection, footbaths, quarantine periods for introduced stock, and rodent/fly control programs.
-​Targeted Deworming & Vaccination: Maintain rigorous schedules for endemic viral and bacterial pathogens and routine parasite control.

02/07/2026

*Thursday insight *

LAYERS PRODUCTION

Layer production is a business of raising specialized female chickens (called layer hens) strictly for the purpose of producing eggs for human consumption.
​Unlike broiler production (which raises chickens for meat), the entire lifecycle, infrastructure, and economics of a layer operation are engineered around maximizing the number of high-quality eggs a hen can lay over her productive lifetime

In summary, layer production is a highly structured, technically driven agribusiness focused on raising specialized hens for daily egg output.

​🥚 Infrastructure & System Efficiency
​Maximizing Output: Utilizing a stacked battery cage system, as seen in 1000020108.jpg, optimizes vertical space and keeps eggs clean, unbroken, and isolated from waste.
​Product Quality: Business success relies on delivering uniform, high-quality eggs with strong shells to meet commercial market standards.

​🐓 Precise Management Pillars
​Lifecycle Transitions: Flocks must be carefully managed through three distinct phases:
-Brooding (weeks 0–6)
-Growing/Pullet development (weeks 7–18)
-profit-generating Laying phase (weeks 19–72+).
​Cost & Environment Control: Feed accounts for up to 70% of operating expenses and requires strict calcium balancing. This must be paired with 16 hours of daily light stimulation and strict biosecurity to protect high-density flocks.

​📈 Economic & Nutritional Value
​Consistent Revenue: Because hens lay daily, the business provides a reliable, steady cash flow compared to seasonal agricultural models.
​Vital Food Resource: Eggs offer one of the most , nutrient-dense, and complete protein sources available, making the sector critical for both food security and local economic growth.

Livestock Services

28/04/2026

Tick-borne diseases (TBDs) in cattle are a global health challenge caused by bacteria, protozoa, or rickettsia transmitted through tick bites. They cause massive economic losses due to decreased milk and meat production, abortions, and high mortality rates.

In Zambia, tick-borne diseases (TBDs) are the leading cause of cattle mortality. The four most significant diseases are Theileriosis, Babesiosis, Anaplasmosis, and Heartwater.

Let’s briefly talk about Babesiosis today 🐾

05/03/2026

Salt Saana 🐾

29/07/2025

10 Intresting facts about cats 🐱

✅Cat's whiskers are mood indicators. If they hang down relaxed, the cat is satisfied. If they are facing straight ahead, they may be angry.
✅Cats love catnip, especially the real catnip (Nepeta Cataria). It has an intoxicating effect on the animals. Responsible for this is the fragrance nepetalactone, a volatile substance that makes cats euphoric.
✅Cats mark their owners as possessions. They have scent glands in their cheeks, paws and flanks. When they rub against their human with it, they leave a message for other cats that they have claimed their owners.
✅The cat's tongue is equipped with tiny spikes (papillae). These are curved and equipped with U-shaped cavities. Through these cavities, saliva is passed on to the fur and down to the skin when it is licked, which provides important cooling.
✅Each cat's nose print is as unique as a fingerprint. If there was a scanner for it, cats would no longer have to be microchipped.
✅Red cats are mostly male. Tricolored cats are almost always female.
✅White cats with blue eyes are prone to deafness. The cause is an anomaly in their genetic make-up.
✅Cats primarily only meow for humans. Communication with other cats takes place via body language.
✅Cats sleep most of the time. It is estimated at 14-16 hours per day or 70% of their life.
✅The oldest cat was 38 years old. "Creme Puff" was born on August 3rd, 1967 and passed away on August 6th, 2005, exactly after 38 years and three days. With this achievement, Creme Puff got into the Guinness Book of Records.

Pamesy Livestock Services

19/06/2025

07/05/2025

Monitoring temperature in poultry production

Maintaining a good temperature in a poultry house provides a number of benefits. Firstly, it helps to maximise the growth rate and production of the birds. When the temperature is too low, birds tend to eat less and grow more slowly. On the other hand, when the temperature is too high, birds can suffer from heat stress, which can affect their health and reduce their egg production .

In addition, maintaining an adequate temperature and proper ventilation can prevent disease. Birds that are exposed to extreme temperatures are more susceptible to respiratory diseases, as their immune system is weakened. They may also be more vulnerable to infections and diseases transmitted by insects and parasites,and this may lead to high mortalities.

Lets Implement good management practices In our poultry production businesses .

Pamesy Livestock Services

01/05/2025

A critical aspect of successful goat farming is health management. Maintaining a healthy herd not only ensures the well-being of the animals but also the economic viability of the farm.

📌 A healthy goat herd is the foundation of any successful goat production.