Animal Health
New website for easy registration on calf health programme
A new website has been launched by Zoetis (formerly Pfizer AH) for registration of calves on the SureCalf® pre-sale pneumonia protection programme…
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Price is more important than welfare, poultry delegates told
European calls for animal welfare standards to be written into international trade deals were described as "challenging" by a Canadian delegate at…
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Animal Health
Vital vaccine shortfall for hill farmers
Hill farmers may struggle to control tick-borne diseases in their flocks this season after it emerged that supplies of vital vaccine have been…
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Animal Health
Farmers urged to address soaring cost of fluke
The rise of liver fluke incidence throughout the UK has prompted NSA and the National Farmers' Union to bring animal health experts and Government…
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Farmers asked to share TB incidence to improve disease control
The South East and South West Wales Regional TB Eradication Delivery Boards have joined in the fight against bovine TB in Wales by launching a pilot…
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Phenylbutazone detected in horsemeat of 'low concern' says EU
A joint assessment from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has concluded that the illegal presence of…
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Animal Health
Schmallenberg disease confirmed in Dumfriesshire
The first confirmed case of the Schmallenberg disease has been identified on a Dumfriesshire farm after birth defects were found in a calf. Spread by…
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Animal Health
Options for working with TB to be outlined at Beef EXPO
Options for working with TB rules will be the focus of the TB Opportunities area at Beef Expo 2013 at Malvern on 23 May. The event's TB Opportunities…
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Animal Health
More farmers battling TB as 3,000 cattle culled in a month
The number of cattle slaughtered because of TB has risen again this month bringing the total number of cattle culled to 186,664 (from January 2008 –…
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Animal Health
Pig disease that costs millions is target of genetic study
A fast mutating virus that affects pig herds and costs pork producers millions of pounds each year is being targeted by scientists. A transatlantic…
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