animal health

The Chief Veterinary Officers of GB, together with the AHDB, Ruminant Health and Welfare and other industry stakeholders are urging vets and farmers to discuss the use of available BTV-3 vaccines, where appropriate

The new scientific campus in Surrey, will serve as the UK’s foremost animal biosecurity facility as part of the new National Security Strategy

Studies have shown that heat stress during the dry period can not only affect productivity in the following lactation, but also the productivity of daughters and granddaughters

This week from Farmers Guardian acting editor Katie Jones

A Welsh dairy farming couple have almost halved their antibiotic usage since introducing an advanced health management system

Diluting the risk of opportunistic environmental infection is key to managing and preventing mastitis in the dairy herd

Nigel Bennet, of Roam Technology, writes to urge pig producers to complete a short survey on how the ban on zinc oxide is affecting piglet health and performance across the UK

With summer approaching, Emma Puddy, farm services specialist at Kingshay – part of the VetPartners group - warns about increased mastitis risk during warmer months

After a case of atypical BSE was detected on a farm in Essex, experts answer questions on what it means

Frequent footbathing of dry cows combined with preventive foot trimming is enabling digital dermatitis incidence to be maintained at the 2% level at Marcross Farm in the Vale of Glamorgan