Animal Health
Northumberland farmer fined nearly £4,400 for moving unfit and lame sheep
A farmer from Northumberland has been fined nearly £4,400 for moving unfit and lame sheep. Jeffery Thomas Dunn, from Ponteland, in Northumberland…
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Stray animals cause 'life-changing' injuries to motorists, police issue warning
Surrey Police is urging livestock owners to ensure their animals do not pose a danger to road users following a crash on the A3 which left two horses…
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Pig gene advance could boost sperm stocks from prized animals
Gene-editing techniques could help to improve stocks of farmed pigs by boosting supplies of sperm from prized sires. Scientists have created male…
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Big spike in bird flu cases raises concerns at World Organisation for Animal Health
The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has expressed concern about a big spike in highly pathogenic avian influenza in Europe. The number of…
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'Strictest TB controls in Europe': FUW rejects proposals to split Wales into five bovine TB regions
The Farmers’ Union of Wales has rejected proposals to split Wales into five bovine TB regions in its response to a Welsh Government consultation…
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New approach to mastitis ‘almost halves’ farmer’s antibiotic costs
Shropshire farmers have learnt how AHDB Dairy’s Mastitis Control Plan had helped one farmer to significantly reduce the rate of new clinical mastitis…
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Wild duck dies from bird flu in Conwy, Wales
A wild duck has died from avian flu at a Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) reserve in Conwy, Wales, it has been confirmed. The teal…
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Expect more cases of bird flu, says Welsh rural secretary
More cases of avian flu in poultry could be expected in the coming weeks according to Wales' rural affairs secretary Lesley Griffiths. The Government…
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Government warns farmers not to feed food waste to livestock due to disease risk
The Animal and Plant Health Agency is warning farmers and smallholders not to feed catering or kitchen waste to livestock such as pigs and poultry…
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Bovine TB: 'Refreshed strategy needed to remove reservoir of infection in wildlife'
Welsh farmers are ‘as frustrated as they have ever been’ with the impact bovine TB is having on Wales, according to the NFU Cymru. As part of its…
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