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Clinical nutrition – fatty liver disease
Whilst vital for healthy livestock, nutrition is an area that does not always involve the farm vet, as Dan Stevenson...
Mastitis in ewes – an overview
Farm animal vet Lucy Hepworth provides an overview of clinical mastitis and explains why every flock should have a treatment...
Red Tractor to strengthen inspection programme
Red Tractor has announced plans to carry out more unannounced farm animal inspections. Organisation to launch its first ever television...
Campaign to remind farmers of the importance of vaccines
The uptake of vaccines in the sheep and cattle sectors is generally low. #VaccinesWork to highlight variations in vaccine penetration...
ASF will ‘almost certainly’ spread to other Asian countries
To date, nearly 40,000 infected animals have been culled in China, in an attempt to limit the spread. (Stock photo)...
Dry summer may not have killed liver fluke
It is even more important in a dry year to carry out a liver fluke assessment. Parasite groups issue warning...
Vets working to reform OV training and revalidation
“The unprecedented response rate to this survey really hits home the strength of feeling on this issue." BVA survey highlights...
New report sheds light on AMR bacteria in meat
The FSA says the risk of acquiring AMR-related infections is very low, assuming meat is cooked and handled correctly. FSA...
Fifth of samples ‘contain unspecified meat’
Some samples contained DNA from as many as four different animals. (Stock photo) Levels consistent with ‘deliberate inclusion’, FSA says ...
ASF risk level raised to medium in the UK
The risk of exposure to the UK’s pig population is still considered to be ‘low’. Bulgaria reports first outbreak in...