Farmers must think very carefully before signing up to TB vaccination projects, according to the National Beef Association (NBA) TB Committee, which said that that emerging…
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Beef and dairy producers taking advantage of the excellent grass availability by turning youngstock out early, are being reminded to carefully balance the diet at this…
A new Zoetis study found that using Flectron fly tags for season long control of flies in cattle has been shown to have the potential to…
Zoetis has warned that dairy farmers should not be fooled into thinking the risk of pneumonia in calves disappears as temperatures rise this spring. Although the…
NFU president Minette Batters has kicked off Great British Beef Week by pledging her support for the campaign and urging the public to get behind British…
Farmers are losing £85 to £215 per cow due to poor fertility and poor breeding performance according to national figures. While the impact is often hidden,…
Reports of cows dying from straw impaction is highlighting the risks associated with feeding straw-based rations to suckler cows. Straw impaction occurs when cows are fed…
Vaccination can help create herd immunity to lungworm, but the oral treatment has to be given twice, four weeks apart, with the latter dose given two…
Work has begun on a new £1 million research project to discover what causes lameness in dairy cows. On any given day, lameness affects around one…
Final assessments from NADIS confirm that the overall risk of liver fluke is low in the UK, with the exception of south west Scotland which has…
