Dairy
The importance of colostrum quality for autumn calves
As many autumn calving herds have started calving down, it is important for farmers to ensure that calves are receiving...
Dairy
As many autumn calving herds have started calving down, it is important for farmers to ensure that calves are receiving...
Beef
Authorities in Great Britain have permitted the use of three unauthorised bluetongue virus (BTV) vaccines within the UK, which will...
N.Ireland
Research on a farmer-led badger vaccination programme has been published in the British Ecological Society journal and has found that...
Rural Life
A farmer-led study based in Cornwall has found that badger vaccination for bovine tuberculosis (TB) is “practically achievable”. The report was...
N.Ireland
A new study led by the University of Cambridge and Penn State University has shown that vaccination not only reduces...
Sheep
Flock owners have been advised that securing a zero-incidence level of lameness within a sheep flock is almost impossible. This...
Sheep
The National Sheep Association (NSA) is demanding strategic “government-level action” to secure a “reliable” vaccine supply. The association said it...
N.Ireland
For an effective avian influenza (bird flu) vaccination programme, the vaccines must be used as an additional layer of protection...
Agri-Business
Vets from global veterinary health company Ceva Animal Health are urging farmers to vaccinate their sheep flocks with Cevac Chlamydia...
N.Ireland
The Health and Agriculture Ministers are urging the farming and rural community to get the vaccine to protect themselves from...
Beef
Spring calving on suckler farms is only a few weeks away and now is the time for farmers to start...
EU
A five-year, mass vaccination programme is needed to eradicate Bluetongue in Europe, according to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)....
Beef
Farmers must do everything they can to reduce stress levels for young stock at housing, according to Galway Veterinarian Liam...
Sheep
Spring is the most common time for an Orf outbreak to occur and here vet Frank O’Sullivan details the necessary...
Beef
Always include the bull when vaccinating breeding animals, Animal Heath Ireland (AHI) says. The bull has contact with all breeding females...
Beef
Vaccines can be a vital tool for controlling infectious diseases but it is important to remember that they are only one element...