Animal Health
Welsh sheep breeder travelled 2000 miles to improve sheep conception rates
A Welsh sheep breeder has made changes to his artificial insemination programme to improve conception rates in his performance-recorded flock…
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Bovine TB vaccine may be 'unfeasible' due to cost and scale of field trials
Field trials for a vaccination to protect cattle against bovine TB would need to involve 500 herds – potentially as many as 75,000-100,000 cattle –…
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Views on Official Veterinarians revalidation process needed
Views are being gathered on the training and revalidation system for Official Veterinarians following concerns that the current process could…
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New mud snail DNA test is combating liver fluke risk on Welsh farms
A new technique which identifies the presence of mud snails by detecting their DNA is being used to help farms identify habitats with the greatest…
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Poultry sector praised for slashing antibiotic use by 82 percent in last six years
The British poultry sector has achieved an 82 percent reduction in the total use of antibiotics in the last six years. The British Poultry Council…
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First blowfly strike cases of 2018 reported in UK
A severe case of blowfly strike has been reported in Dorset in which 50% of a lamb group have been hit by the disease, according to an interactive…
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Veterinary industry criticises Low Risk Area badger cull plans
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has criticised plans to introduce badger culling in England's Low Risk Area, saying it "lacks evidence of…
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Smartphone to help poor farmers worldwide test for poultry infection
Chicken farmers in the Philippines will soon test their birds for deadly pathogens with a new hand-held device and smartphone app they can use on…
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Eight EU countries affected by poison egg scandal, investigators find
Investigators ordered to look into the fipronil scandal found contaminated eggs or chicken in eight different European Union countries, it has been…
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Northern Irish farmers reiterate importance of live exports to industry
Farmers in Northern Ireland have highlighted the importance of animal transport and reiterated that there must be no ban on live exports from the UK…
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