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Sheep Vet Society announces upcoming conference programme
The Sheep Veterinary Society’s spring conference will be taking place 23-25 May in Northern Ireland. The event is open to...
NOAH animal medicines training reaches milestone
The programme is split up into four sectors, dairy, beef, sheep and pig. The programme has enrolled its 1,000th registrant. ...
New sheep flock tool to help improve vet-farmer engagement
The new Flock Health Checklist will help practitioners assess performance across three crucial time periods. Checklist will help practitioners assess...
Multiple cases of avian flu confirmed in Devon
All birds at both premises will be humanely culled, and protection and surveillance zones of 3km and 10km have been...
Farm animals and humans should be treated equally, say children
"Something seems to happen in adolescence, where that early love for animals becomes more complicated" – Dr Luke McGuire. Study...
Vets warn over further delays to EU import checks
"We feel it would be deeply misguided to push back the need for these vital checks even further"- James Russell....
APHA rolls out new post-mortem TB test
The new PCR test can detect the bacterium responsible for bovine TB directly from tissue samples collected during post-mortem inspection. The...
New benefits discovered for novel avian flu vaccine
"Further studies will focus on testing the effectiveness of this vaccine in the field to ensure it can be applied...
Novel milk test for bovine mastitis
"We need novel, reliable, cost-effective methods to spot disease early" – Dr Xavier Donadeu. Researchers at the Roslin Institute examined...
Survey launched to better understand Schmallenberg virus
Schmallenberg virus is spread by biting midges, leading to lamb deformities at birth. Students asked to capture data on deformities...