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Talitha Pharma, Block K West, Central Park, Midrand (2026)

23/03/2026

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS – URGENT ACTION
🐎 When Your Horse Depends on You

African Horse Sickness (AHS) is one of the most devastating diseases affecting horses in South Africa. Every season, farmers lose valuable animals — often within a matter of hours.
The reality is simple: By the time you see the signs, time is already against you.

🔍 What is African Horse Sickness?

AHS is a deadly viral disease transmitted by small biting midges.
Once a horse is infected, the disease progresses very rapidly, and in severe cases, death can occur within 24–48 hours.

HOW DOES IT PRESENT? (WHAT FARMERS SEE)

Farmers often recognise AHS by its sudden and dramatic signs:
• Fast, laboured breathing
• Nostrils flaring wide open
• Foam or fluid from the nose
• Swelling around the eyes and face
• Weakness and loss of appetite
These are not subtle signs. When you see them, you are already in a crisis situation.

Prevention is your first line of defence

The OBP African Horse Sickness vaccine remains the most effective way to protect your horses. Strategic farmers understand that:
✔️ Vaccination must be done before the high-risk season (summer and rainy periods)
✔️ Protection must be in place before exposure to midges
Prevention is always better than trying to manage a crisis.

BUT WHAT IF YOU ARE ALREADY SEEING THE SIGNS?

At this stage, it is important to be honest:
There is no direct cure for a viral disease like AHS.
However, and this is critical - Early supportive intervention can give your horse a survival chance.

🟢 TaliMune SUPER – SUPPORT WHEN IT MATTERS MOST

In times of severe stress and disease challenge, the animal’s body needs support to keep going.
TaliMune SUPER is positioned as an emergency supportive therapy:
• Supports the immune system under viral attack
• Helps restore strength and appetite
• Assists the animal during severe respiratory stress

💧 Once-off drench: 200 ml per 100 kg body weight

🐎 Strategic farmers do both

The most successful farmers don’t choose between prevention and treatment — they combine both strategies:
✔️ Vaccinate early to reduce risk
✔️ Act immediately when clinical signs appear
Because in a disease like AHS, every hour counts.

Talk to Talitha Pharma
If you want to protect your horses this season or need support in an emergency, we are here to help.

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16/03/2026

EVERY YOUNG ANIMAL DESERVES A STRONG START

The first weeks of life are critical for young livestock. During this time, animals face stress, disease pressure, digestive challenges and the difficult transition toward weaning.

Without proper nutritional and immune support, these early-life challenges can lead to:
🔴 Slower growth
🔴 Weaker immunity
🔴 Reduced survival and long-term performance

This is where SureWean ULTRA comes in.

Designed to support young animals during their most vulnerable stage, SureWean ULTRA promotes immunity, growth and vitality, helping farmers raise stronger, healthier animals across multiple species.

SureWean ULTRA supports early-life development in a variety of species:
🐄 Calves🐑 Lambs🐐 Goat kids🐖 Piglets🐥 Chicks🐎 Foals🪶 Ostrich chicks

Key Benefits include:
🟢 Better survival and overall performance
Supporting young animals during early stress and disease challenges.
🟢 Accelerated growth before and after weaning
Helping animals transition successfully from milk to feed.
🟢 Stronger immunity during stress and disease challenges
Supporting resilience when animals face environmental and management stress.

Dosage & Administration
💧 Drench 0.5 ml/kg once daily for 3 days. It may be mixed into feed for young animals such as:
🥣 Milk replacer / surrogate / porridge

🚰 Drinking water: Mix 10 ml per litre of water and administer for 3–14 days, depending on the condition.

SureWean ULTRA - Immunity • Growth • Vitality

Talitha Pharma: Powering Profitable Sustainable Strategic Farming - FROM MATING TO WEANING

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03/03/2026

TIME OFF FEED COSTS YOU
✅ Faster recovery protects growth and save you money💰

During distress:
🔴 No intake
• Rumen slows
• Immune strength declines
🟢 TaliMune SUPER fast recovery.
• Helps restore appetite
• Supports metabolic recovery
• Assists immune resilience

💧 Once-off drench: 800ml/ 400kg
Restore intake. Restore value. Protect investment

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25/02/2026

✅ VACCINATION PROTECTS HERDS. It safeguards market access and strengthens national FMD control.

But what about animals already infected?

🔴 When animals are under distress:
- Appetite drops
- ⁠Energy declines.
- ⁠Immunity weakens.

🟢 TaliMune SUPER supports recovery.
• Restores energy fast
• Supports immune function
• Helps animals stabilise during distress

💧 Once-off drench: 200ml / 100kg
Because every animal deserves A SURVIVAL CHANCE.

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24/02/2026

TaliMune SUPER helps to restore fluids and stability during FMD.
- Fever and no feed cause rapid dehydration.
- Early support improves survival and recovery.

TaliMune SUPER provides relief support from:
- Impaired wellbeing
- ⁠Weakness
- ⁠Feed refusal
- ⁠Dehydration

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19/02/2026

TaliMune SUPER is formulated with targeted:
- vitamins,
- ⁠trace minerals,
- ⁠organic acids and
- ⁠antioxidant compounds
designed to support
- metabolic recovery,
- ⁠immune function and
- ⁠inflammatory modulation
in stressed or compromised animals.

A convenient once-off drench at 200 ml per 100 kg body weight, providing rapid supportive care when it matters most.

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17/02/2026

THE STARTING POINT MATTERS IN FMD MANAGEMENT

When animals show weakness during an FMD outbreak, the first reaction is often to reach for an antibiotic.

Antibiotics have their place. They are important when managing secondary bacterial infections. But in Foot-and-Mouth Disease, one of the earliest and most damaging changes is not bacterial, it is loss of appetite.

When animals stop eating:
• The rumen slows down• Energy availability drops • Immune strength weakens • Recovery becomes slower • Production losses increase

Scientific literature consistently shows that FMD infection leads to reduced feed intake due to oral and systemic effects, and that production losses during outbreaks are closely linked to these metabolic and intake challenges (Alexandersen et al., 2003; Knight-Jones & Rushton, 2013).

In simple terms, when intake drops, strength drops. And when strength drops, everything else becomes harder.

This is why the starting point matters.

Before managing complications, stabilise the animal:
• Support hydration • Provide quick available energy • Restore internal balance • Support immune resilience

Vaccination remains the cornerstone of specific immunity in FMD control programmes. It prepares the immune system to recognise and respond to the virus.
Supportive management strengthens the whole animal, improving its ability to cope with stress, maintain metabolic balance and recover. These two approaches are not in competition. They serve different roles.
- Specific immunity prepares
- Strength and resilience sustain.

TaliMune SUPER is well positioned as a supportive intervention during disease pressure, vaccination periods and recovery phases. It supports appetite recovery, energy availability and internal balance; helping animals regain strength during critical periods.

Survival is not accidental. It is managed.

TaliMune SUPER – Giving a Survival Chance.

References (Scientific Context)
1. Alexandersen, S., Zhang, Z., Donaldson, A.I., & Garland, A.J.M. (2003). The pathogenesis and diagnosis of Foot-and-Mouth Disease. Journal of Comparative Pathology, 129, 1–36.
2. Knight-Jones, T.J.D., & Rushton, J. (2013). The economic impacts of Foot-and-Mouth Disease – What are they and where do they occur? Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 112, 161–173.

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31/01/2026

Foot-and-Mouth DISEASE IS NOT JUST A VETERINARY ISSUE – it’s a threat to animal survival, food security, and livelihoods.

Join leading veterinary experts for a National CPD Webinar on FMD:
📅 11 February 2026 | 09:00–13:00
🎓 CPD accredited for SAVC registrants

Practical insights, real outbreak experience, and science-based guidance for vets, AHTs, farmers, extension officers, and students.
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24/01/2026

Holding the Line Between Accountability and Unity in the FMD Crisis

Dr Danie Odendaal raises valid and important concerns about the systemic failures within South Africa’s animal health system that have contributed to the ongoing foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) crisis. Few in the livestock sector would dispute that weaknesses in planning, surveillance, vaccine availability, movement control, and communication have materially worsened the outbreak.

These issues demand accountability and urgent reform.

However, it is increasingly concerning that debates which should remain firmly focused on institutional performance and technical capacity are at risk of deteriorating into racial or identity-based narratives. This shift is not only unhelpful – it is dangerous.
FMD is not a political problem. It is not a racial problem. It is a national biosecurity and economic problem.
Its impact cuts across all farming systems – communal and commercial, emerging and established. The virus does not discriminate, and neither should our response.

At a time when livelihoods, food security, and export markets are under threat, we cannot afford divisive discourse that fragments stakeholders who must, by necessity, work together.

The real challenge is systemic and institutional: building an animal health system that is responsive, credible, and operationally effective. This requires inclusive, solution-oriented leadership, including the meaningful integration of private veterinarians and organised industry bodies as equal partners in outbreak management.

We must be uncompromising on accountability – but equally disciplined in how we frame the debate. The real enemy is not each other, but weak systems and institutional failure.

FMD demands unity of purpose, not division of identity.

08/01/2026

THE PERFECT STORM: Why preparedness matters more than panic

Following the summer rains, farmers are operating in a season where multiple pressures are converging at the same time. High-impact viral diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and Rift Valley fever (RVF) coexist with endemic and seasonal challenges, including Blue tongue, lumpy skin disease, orf, Brucellosis, clostridial diseases, tick-borne infections and foot rot. Many of these conditions present with similar early signs and are not easily distinguishable without expert assistance.

There is no predictable sequence and no single culprit to focus on. Any one of these challenges may strike first, or several at once. By definition, this combination of timing, interaction and uncertainty fits what can best be described as a perfect storm.
Yet a perfect storm does not automatically mean panic.

In many industries, periods of complexity are where systems, preparation and calm decision-making matter most. Farming is no different. Seasons like these separate reaction from readiness, not because prepared farmers face fewer challenges, but because their animals and systems are better able to respond when pressure mounts.

This reality highlights a simple truth: preparedness happens before the storm arrives. When animals are in good condition and immune systems are supported, farmers retain options. Vaccination decisions are safer, treatments work as intended, and responses are measured rather than rushed.

This is where the idea of starting right becomes especially relevant. Strong foundations do not prevent storms, but they shape how animals cope when challenges converge.

A perfect storm is defined by convergence, not catastrophe. Uncertainty is unavoidable, but vulnerability is not. In seasons like this, resilience is built through discipline, doing the right things, in the right order, before pressure peaks.
Preparedness is not about doing more. It is about starting right. And in a perfect storm, that discipline is what turns complexity into control.

For further guidance, join the Talitha Wamafama WhatsApp Group for personalised support from Talitha’s veterinarians and Customer Experience Consultants (CECs): Owethu (MaMaduna): 081 328 1061, Siyavuya (Jwarha): 081 357 4640, Nosive (MaDlamini): 069 490 4288, Odwa (Jwarha): 060 190 1283.

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23/12/2025

THE STARTING POINT - When your Livestock is Distressed

As the year begins, following the summer rains, farmers are often faced with a range of seasonal challenges. Disease pressure typically increases during this period, with conditions such as foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), Rift Valley fever, lumpy skin disease, bluetongue, and various bacterial infections becoming more common. Many of these conditions are not easily distinguishable without expert assistance, yet their early signs often present in similar ways, animals that are weak, stressed, off-feed, or losing condition.

When livestock farmers are faced with weak, distressed, or poorly conditioned animals, the knee-jerk reaction - often from peer advice - is to inject a popular oxytetracycline, a vitamin B-complex, or to jump straight into deworming. These actions are familiar and accessible. The real question is: are they the right starting point?

1. Putting it into Perspective

Oxytetracyclines play an important role in treating or preventing bacterial and opportunistic infections. However, they do not restore body condition or rebuild immunity.

Vitamin B-complex supports appetite and energy metabolism, but its scope is limited. On its own, it cannot correct the broader vitamin and mineral deficiencies common in poorly conditioned animals.

Deworming is an essential parasite-control tool and may be necessary in poorly conditioned animals. However, deworming often places animals on a rising plane of nutrition, creating conditions that favour the rapid proliferation of Cl. perfringens type D - the bacteria causing pulpy kidney. For this reason, pulpy kidney vaccination is recommended before any deworming programme.

Vaccination, as a principle, must be done in healthy animals. Vaccinating weak or sick animals carries real risk, including poor immune response, severe stress reactions, and in rare cases, death.

None of these interventions are wrong. It is a matter of when and how they are used.

2. Why the Starting Point Matters

Poorly conditioned animals must be reconditioned first so the immune system can respond properly. Well-supported animals vaccinate more safely, cope better with the stress of deworming, and recover faster when antibiotics are used. Starting with reconditioning prevents unintended consequences and ensures every treatment delivers its full benefit.

3. TaliMune PLUS – The Starting Point

TaliMune PLUS provides a broad-spectrum combination of essential vitamins and minerals to:
•⁠ ⁠Recondition animals nutritionally
•⁠ ⁠Strengthen immune function
•⁠ ⁠Improve vaccine response
•⁠ ⁠Reduce treatment-related stress
•⁠ ⁠Accelerate recovery after deworming or antibiotic use

TaliMune PLUS does not replace vaccines, dewormers, or antibiotics. It prepares the animal so these interventions can be used safely and effectively.

4. In Summary

Strategic animal health starts with the right preparation. By reconditioning animals first, farmers reduce risk, improve treatment outcomes, and protect their investment. TaliMune PLUS prepares the animal so vaccination is safer, deworming is more effective, and treatments work as intended.

TaliMune PLUS is the foundation and the starting point of strategic animal health management and may be used for 3-days every month to keep your in top performance state.

For further guidance, Join the Talitha Wamafama WhatsApp Group for personalised support from Talitha’s veterinarians and CECs: Owethu (MaMaduna): 081 328 1061, Siyavuya (Jwarha): 081 357 4640, Nosive (MaDlamini): 069 490 4288, Odwa (Jwarha): 060 190 1283

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17/12/2025

FARMING THROUGH A WET SEASON: WHAT STRATEGIC FARMERS DO DIFFERENTLY

The wet season brings green pastures, fuller dams and healthier animals. It also brings risks that may quietly reduce fertility, survival and growth if farmers do not prepare.

Strategic Farmers understand that success through wet-season is not accidental, but it takes planning and active management.

This season is also unique in that many migrant farmers, including executives, professionals, mines and different industry workers, weekend and long-distance farmers return home during the festive period. It becomes the ideal time in the year to properly inspect livestock, correct problems, set new objectives and plan ahead. Strategic Farmers use this window wisely, knowing that decisions made now determine performance later.

1. Wet Conditions Start in the Kraal

Problems often begin where animals stand every day. Wet manure and muddy kraals soften hooves, encourage bacteria and allow foot rot to spread quickly. Animals become uncomfortable, eat less and lose condition. Fertility and growth soon follow. Strategic Farmers act early, keeping kraals as dry and clean as possible before small issues become costly losses.

2. External Parasites Multiply After Rain

After rain and warm sunshine, ticks, midges and flies increase rapidly. They stress animals, reduce feed intake and spread disease. Strategic Farmers respond first by dipping more frequently in summer season. Consistent dipping, and not over reliance on injectable endectocides (ivermectin/ doramectin) which are only effective agains one tick type, remains the foundation of parasite control and protects productivity when disease pressure is highest.

3. Be Ready for Wet-Season Diseases

Wet seasons create ideal conditions for diseases carried by ticks, flies, mosquitoes and midges. This leads to a rise in gallsickness, redwater (common in cattle) and heartwater (common in small stock), as well as fly-associated conditions like pink eye. At the same time, increased mosquito and midge activity raises the risk of vector-borne diseases such as Rift Valley Fever, Blue tongue and Lumpy Skin Disease. Foot rot also becomes more common in persistently wet areas.

These problems escalate quickly if livestock are not checked regularly. Strategic Farmers prioritise early detection and prompt treatment, preventing small issues from developing into major losses.

4. Managing From a Distance Needs Structure

Many farmers do not live where their livestock are kept. They rely on family members or herdsmen.

Strategic Farmers plan for this reality. They give clear instructions, plan interventions ahead of time and align health decisions with breeding and production goals. This is the thinking behind Talitha’s Livestock Health and Production (LHeaP) programme, structured support that helps farmers manage effectively, even from far away.

5. Productivity Depends on Preparation

A wet season creates opportunities, but only for farmers who plan. Heavy rains, sudden temperature changes, rising parasite pressure and increased disease exposure all place animals under stress. Stress is exactly the condition where TaliMune PLUS becomes indispensable: it helps supplement what may be missing from lush but nutritionally inconsistent green grass, maintains body condition, strengthens immunity, and supports fertility so that reproduction continues uninterrupted.

When Strategic Farmers follow the LHeaP approach, the wet season becomes a springboard for healthier livestock, stronger pregnancies, better survival and higher weaning weights. Those who invest now reap the benefits later.

For further guidance, join the Talitha Wamafama WhatsApp Group for personalised support from Talitha’s veterinarians and Customer Experience Consultants (CECs):
📞 Owethu (MaMaduna): 081 328 1061
📞 Siyavuya (Jwarha): 081 357 4640
📞 Nosive (MaDlamini): 069 490 4288
📞 Odwa (Jwarha): 060 190 1283
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