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TESTIMONIES CREDITED TO ZAVS

We publish some of these  testimonies with the farmers consent.

We're proud of what we do, farmers confirms it.

If you are a pig farmer & yet to get the piglet enhancer, you're really missing out & spending much to raise a single pig.

Pig farming is profitable only when you apply the required materials and techniques.











At ZULINKX AGRO & VET SERVICES, we not only supply you piglets enhancer, we tell you how to use & get results, we follow up on pig farms.

Our service is for posterity

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