Animal Health
Producers urged to check returning sheep for scab
Farmers are being urged to check stock returning to their farms for the presence of sheep scab. This is the time of year when ewe hoggs traditionally…
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Asda 'Smart Price' Corned Beef recalled due to bute
Asda has recalled all 'Smart Price' Corned Beef because traces of the veterinary medicine phenylbutazone, known as bute, was found in some batches of…
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AB Vista to launch Quantum Blue in South Africa
AB Vista is set to introduce Quantum Blue to South Africa, where it is now registered for use. The product gets its official South African launch in…
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Geoff Skerritt wins veterinary award
Veterinary Instrumentation, one of the leading suppliers of instruments and orthopaedic implants to veterinary surgeons, announced today the Simon…
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Surveillance cameras to be used to combat TB
Infrared surveillance cameras monitoring badger visits to cattle farms will be used in a new study to determine the risk faced by individual farms of…
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Livestock burial relaxation 'a slight help'
A relaxation of a strict EU rule will allow farmers in Wales to bury their dead animals after they perished in recent extreme weather conditions…
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NFU blasts EU policing of pig and poultry welfare
The National Farmers' Union has used a European advisory meeting to challenge Commission officials on their 'ongoing failures' to police pig and…
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Sheep producers urged to vaccinate against pasteurellosis
With lamb prices climbing on weaker sterling during March and an early Easter, sheep producers are being urged to realise full value for the 2013…
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Spring season 'will bring high parasite risks' for livestock
According to the NADIS Parasite Forecast, the spring season from April will bring high parasite risks for sheep and cattle, particularly affecting…
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'Holy grail' of foot-and-mouth vaccines developed
A group of scientists have developed a new type of vaccine to combat food-and-mouth disease which contributed to the deaths of over 7 million…
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