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Encouraging meeting on sheep EID
UK agriculture ministers were encouraged by EU Commissioner Dalli’s commitment to pragmatism in implementing EU rules on Electronic Identification of...
Battery Farming Cows
Protests against Nocton Dairies’ plans to house more than 8,000 cows in industrial scale sheds in rural Lincolnshire, has caused...
Preventative Vaccination to Protect Livestock from Bluetongue
Farmers in the UK will potentially be able to protect their livestock from Bluetongue using preventive vaccination within a Bluetongue...
‘The great animal rights betrayal’
A recently published article in the Independent with the title: ‘The great animal rights betrayal’ has generated much concern among...
Farmers need to be aware of liver fluke
The National Disease Information Service (NADIS) has warned of the risk of liver fluke disease in parts of the UK...
Wales Minister Will Protect Small Abattoirs
Wales’ Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones has congratulated the billion pound a year red meat sector in Wales on its...
New support for TB-hit farmers
New support for farmers to help them deal with the impacts of bovine TB, and reduce the risks of further...
New Centre at Glasgow Uni
A new £2.4m Scottish Centre for Production Animal Health and Food Safety has been officially opened at the University of...
New Welfare Regulations for Chickens
Agriculture Minister Jim Paice has said that British consumers deserve to see only eggs from hens kept in better welfare...
Reports on Bovine TB Published
Research reports related to the control of bovine tuberculosis in badgers have been made public by Defra. The reports show...