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50% of EU vets focus on pets and just 18% of focus on farm animals
There are 780m farm animals and 157m pets in Europe, yet 48% of European vets focus on companion animals, according...
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Environment
Coffee chain stops using milk from UK badger cull areas under pressure from protesters
UK coffee chain Caffe Nero has stopped using milk from dairy farmers in the UK’s badger cull regions, as pressure...
Sheep
5 tips to ensure you dose sheep correctly
Teagasc has produced a short guide to dealing with worms in sheep. It says to dose lambs based on faecal...
World News
The US is to ban antibiotics being used in animal feed
The US is to ban the use of antibiotics in feed for animals for production purposes such as feed efficiency...
Beef
New project to examine use of sexed semen on suckler farms
The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) has launched a major new suckler beef research project involving 1000 breeding cattle on...
EU
Antibiotic use in animals may soon become more limited
Medicating the whole herd to cure sick animals and to prevent the infection of healthy animals may soon be a...
Dairy
Holy cow: Window in cow's side shows what cud happen during digestion!
A Jersey X cow called Portia has been living with a window in her stomach since 2002 at Tufts University in...
N.Ireland
Farmer found guilty of animal cruelty but avoids jail
A Co. Antrim farmer has been disqualified from keeping animals for five years after he was convicted of three charges of...
N.Ireland
Farmer found guilty of animal cruelty but avoids jail
A Co. Antrim farmer has been disqualified from keeping animals for five years after he was convicted of three charges of...
Dairy
Farming abroad: From car sales to milking cows in New Zealand
Bill Moore from Co. Meath has gone from being a car salesman to being a 50/50 dairy farmer in New...
Beef
‘60% of measures to reduce GHG emissions will make money or have no cost’
Some 60% of the measures that farmers can take currently to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will either make the business money...
Beef
‘60% of measures to reduce GHG emissions will make money or have no cost’
Some 60% of the measures that farmers can take currently to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will either make the business money...
N.Ireland
Tyrone farmer fined for moving a sheep unfit for journey
A Northern Ireland farmer has been fined £500 by Craigavon Magistrates’ Court for transporting a sheep that was not fit for the...
N.Ireland
Tyrone farmer fined for moving a sheep unfit for journey
A Northern Ireland farmer has been fined £500 by Craigavon Magistrates’ Court for transporting a sheep that was not fit for the...
N.Ireland
Tyrone farmer fined for moving a sheep unfit for journey
A Northern Ireland farmer has been fined £500 by Craigavon Magistrates’ Court for transporting a sheep that was not fit for the...
Beef
Why you should vaccinate the bull as well as the whole herd
Always include the bull when vaccinating breeding animals, Animal Heath Ireland (AHI) says. The bull has contact with all breeding females...
Beef
How to control parasites at grass for beef suckler herds
One of the common reasons for lack of thrive in young beef cattle at grass is parasitic infection, according to...
N.Ireland
Farmer fined for causing unnecessary suffering to cow
A Co. Antrim farmer has been fined £4,000 in court for causing unnecessary suffering to a bovine animal and for transporting the animal...
