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Sheep vets gain easy access to disease data
“The sheep disease surveillance dashboard provides vets and farmers with a user-friendly means of accessing sheep disease data and enables...
Mutations could allow H7N9 to spread among humans
H7N9 usually infects birds but has spread to at least 779 humans in outbreaks linked to poultry markets. Monitoring mutations...
Debate over official controls in slaughterhouses
The BVA said OVs are vital for the protection of UK consumers. BVA disappointed by calls for a two-tier system...
New ‘goat plague’ vaccine proves promising
PPR is a highly contagious disease that affects small ruminants. Vaccine can be used without refrigeration for up to a...
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NPA urges caution over new label on bacon
The new label informs consumers that pigs have have been ‘Raised without antibiotics’. Labels will appear in major retailers across...
Campylobacter levels continue to fall
“It is good to see that levels continue to go down as this indicates that the major retailers and processors...
Scientists concerned by MCR-1 spread
At two randomly chosen farms in Portugal, 98 per cent of 100 healthy pigs sampled harboured the resistance gene. Research...
Pig Vet Society reviews highest priority antibiotics
The Pig Veterinary Society (PVS) is to adopt the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA’s) list of highest-priority Critically Important Antibiotics. Organisation...
Colistin use in pig sector falls significantly
The use of Colistin in pigs fell by more than 70 per cent in 2016. RUMA publishes findings from new...
H5N8 confirmed in south Norfolk
Defra is urging poultry keepers to be vigilant for signs of avian influenza in their flocks. Small flock of 35...