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Migration routes key to avian flu spread, study finds

Migration routes key to avian flu spread, study finds

Outbreaks of bird flu could be prevented by monitoring the migration routes of wild birds. Greater surveillance could help to...

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Scientists develop vaccine for fusobacterium necrophorum

Scientists develop vaccine for fusobacterium necrophorum

Fusobacterium necrophorum causes infection in livestock and people, but scientists at Kansas State University have found a way to protect...

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Sheep farmers respond to AMR challenge

Sheep farmers respond to AMR challenge

"To focus our efforts, we need to understand why and when farmers are choosing to use antibiotics" – Phill Stocker,...

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Sheep farmers and students unite during lambing season

Sheep farmers and students unite during lambing season

"It… encourages those who genuinely want to be large animal vets in the future, and agricultural students who want to...

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MRSA found in British pork

MRSA found in British pork

The discovery has sparked fears MRSA could turn into a major problem. Food experts play down scare British produced pork...

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Survey reveals farmer attitudes towards livestock antibiotics

Survey reveals farmer attitudes towards livestock antibiotics

Vets sometimes feel pressured to prescribe antibiotics, even if farmers don’t mean to pressure them. Dairy farmers say antibiotics could...

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