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Winter dairy diets will need careful balancing to make the most of variable grass silages in the light of considerable price volatility, particularly for protein sources.

After reports of an increasing range and instances of Haemonchus contortus, also known as the barber’s pole worm, James Crilly of Larkmead veterinary group offers some advice around symptoms and control.

Some of you may know I chair Cattle Health Certification Standards (CHECS), which has set standards for cattle disease control in the UK and Ireland for more than 20 years.

It is the season for maggots, each female green bottle fly can lay 250 eggs in the fleece and they can hatch out after only 12 hours.