Articles
Neonatal kid care – birth to four weeks
Whether rearing goats commercially or in the back garden, the same basic tenets apply to the care of the neonatal...
Review supports ban on wild animals in circuses
The review was conducted to see if a ban could be introduced under the Animal Welfare Act 2006. BVA urges...
New genetic test detects faulty shar pei gene
SPAID is a spontaneously occurring auto-inflammatory disease affecting the Chinese shar pei. Hopes ‘ITHACA’ will reduce breeding of ‘high risk’...
Ketosis in dairy herds
I struggle to remember the last time I treated an uncomplicated case of clinical ketosis. Farmers are more likely to...
Archeologists unearth 700-year-old monkey tools
Researchers observed groups of modern capuchins at Serra da Capivara National Park, Brazil. Finding prompts questions about influence of monkeys...
Malaria-carrying mosquitos avoid chickens, study finds
Traps baited with chicken odours were found to catch significantly fewer mosquitos. Research offers hope for new repellents New...
