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A new level of Johne's disease certification risk is to be launched this autumn to provide greater transparency for farmers and those buying stock

Dairy farmer Michael Williams and his vet Rhiannon Lewis are utilising historical test data on-farm to identify ‘residual disease risk' in clear-testing cattle, through the identification and management of high-risk animals for slaughter and improved biosecurity

Future success in farming will need new people regardless of their age, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, skills or the career pathway that they took

It is recommended to vaccinate replacement ewe lambs before this age, and to buy in replacements from an OJD-free or vaccinated flock, to reduce the spread of the disease.

If you run a sheep flock, chances are you may well be harbouring one of the UK’s ‘iceberg’ diseases, ovine Johne’s disease. Farmers and vets at a recent roundtable looked at the impact and what could be done to conquer it.