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Livestock Chemicals

Hygiene is key to every successful dairy operation!

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Our dips and sanitising chemicals protect your animals from pests and disease, keep equipment spotless and ensure top-quality, safe produce. Healthier animals, cleaner equipment, and premium outputs – with our trusted and tested chemicals.​

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Note that it is essential to use all chemicals at their correct dilutions and using PPE such as gloves, face masks, correct footwear and worksuits. If unsure about the use of any chemical, consult your vet (for any chemicals coming into contact with animals such as dips) or other experts before use.

Dips and other pest control chemicals

Used to kill and deter pests such as ticks, flies and crop pests such as fall army worm and maize borer

  • Dips:

    • Kill and prevent ticks the attachment of ticks on your livestock, to prevent tick-borne diseases such as January Disease (Theileriosis) and Redwater (Babesiosis)​

    • Best used with a spray race on cattle, sheep and goats

    • Essential that the correct dilutions are used to avoid the build up of resistance

  • Insecticides and herbicides:

    • Control flies to prevent the spread of diseases and increase animal comfort

    • Kill pests on crops such as maize silage to ensure food security for your livestock

    • Kill and prevent weeds in your crops and pastures

    • Ensure the correct PPE is worn at all times when handling insecticides and herbicides

Dairy chemicals

Teat Dips

  • Applied to cow teats before and/or after milking

  • Function:

    • Reduce the risk of mastitis - a common udder infection

    • Kill harmful bacteria 

    • Protect the skin, preventing cracks where bacteria can hide

Dairy cleaning chemicals

  • CIP (clean in place) and other disinfecting chemicals used to clean dairy equipment, milk storage tanks and hands working in the dairy, as well as to fill footbaths

  • Function:​

    • Prevent bacteria build up by removing milk and dirt in milking machines, tanks & other equipment

    • Clean consumables such as udder cloths

    • Disinfect hands to ensure no bacteria are passed to or between animals

    • Sanitise hooves in footbaths 

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17.5km Peg Lomagundi Rd

Mt Hampden, Harare

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