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Amazon advert showing pig eating kitchen scraps raises eyebrows
Swill feeding has been illegal in UK since 2001 and EU since 2002
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Creators of highly sensitive bovine TB test win major dairy award
The test is able to detect mycobacteria within just six hours
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Overwhelming majority of vets want to progress livestock sustainability
89% of vets said they want to be more involved in livestock sustainability
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One of world's biggest pig industry events cancelled due to ASF concerns
World Pork Expo 2019 has been cancelled out of an 'abundance of caution'
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EU approves UK’s third country status in event of no-deal Brexit
This decision by the EU applies only to a no-deal Brexit on April 12 2019
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Risk of diseases transmitted by dogs to livestock highlighted
There are ways farmers can reduce dog-to-livestock diseases
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NI to prosecute Bovine Viral Diarrhoea testing offenders
A small number of farmers continue to keep untested animals
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Pig sector concern over 'unsustainable' feral boar numbers in Forest of Dean
Number of feral boar in Forest of Dean's ‘core area’ now around 2,000
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UK Holstein team will now compete in Belgium following disease concern
Because of 'determination' and 'offers of help' the UK will now compete
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Govt addresses shortage of anaesthetic used in livestock medicine
The anaesthetic is running short due to issues with raw materials supply
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