A professor of virology at University of Nottingham said the weather conditions will be important over the next three months. Prof Peter Mertens said: "If you get low temperatures in winter, onward transmission is going to be curtailed"
Dairy veterinary adviser at MSD Animal Health, Steph Small, explains the value of creating and regularly reviewing a proactive herd health strategy with vet support
A social science research project launched earlier this year has identified five key themes outlining the main challenges farmers and vets face when controlling Johne’s disease on-farm
On the first of AHDB’s calf pneumonia webinars, industry experts discussed the signs of infection, impacts to productivity and the importance of temperature in disease control
On a recent National Sheep Association webinar, industry experts discussed the impact of disruptions to the sector’s vaccine supply and how sheep farmers can prepare for further shortages
Vet Sarah Hampson of LLM 51AVÊÓƵVets, explains why quarterly infectious disease checks can be beneficial to track antibody trends in bulk milk samples and the benefits of collective herd health data
Ulster Farmers' Union president said the decision was a 'major blow' for livestock farmers, adding farming families have been on their knees due to this disease for generations
With voters expected to go the polls in around 12 months' time, livestock farmers told Farmers Guardian future policy on controlling bTB should not be part of ‘the political debate to be used as a vote winner'
A new technology which disrupts bacterial communication and behaviour is proving successful in on-farm mastitis control and could look to replace antibiotic treatment
The new tuber treatment launched by BASF offers protection against rhizoctonia, silver scurf and black dot