Animal Health and Welfare

For the Bayley family, changes to the accommodation for their housed herd of cows was made necessary after issues with heat stress in 2022

Identifying and addressing lameness pinch points as part of a structured review has helped one dairy farming family reduce cases by almost half

Managing the risk factors associated with mycoplasma bovis is key to controlling the disease on-farm and protecting naive youngstock

Ensuring medicines are administered at the right time and at the right dosage could help reduce medicine costs on-farm

Dairy farmers are encouraged to understand the signs and symptoms of Schmallenburg within dairy herds amid UK outbreak

Bovine TB continues to affect herds across the country, and with turnout approaching, we look at ways farmers can manage the risk

Managing lameness is an all-year-round task, with care needed to ensure problems do not arise when cattle are at grass

Recent studies have shown there is a strong link between genetics and lameness within dairy cattle.

Grant funding is available to help dairy farmers protect herd health and water quality against contamination from cryptosporidium this spring. Farmers Guardian learns more from Severn Trent agricultural adviser, Mark Biddulph.

A sharp decline in milk yield can occur for a variety of different reasons, but it should always trigger further investigation