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Bluetongue: dialogue needed over vaccine

"The vaccine takes some time to produce so we must be responsible as an industry." Drug companies ‘reluctant’ to produce...

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Progress being made in campylobacter campaign

Progress being made in campylobacter campaign

Campylobacter was found on 59 per cent of samples, compared to 74 per cent in the same time period in...

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Farmers face extended liver fluke challenge

Farmers face extended liver fluke challenge

The liver fluke surveillance farms were established by Elanco in 2015 in response issues identified by the FALF. Mild conditions...

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FSA launch consultation to improve welfare standards

FSA launch consultation to improve welfare standards

The consultation aims to help the meat industry identify health and welfare problems with animals more efficiently. Aims to help...

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TB advisory service to be rolled out

Defra is set to publish a 25-year plan for food and farming that will explain how the industry can attract...

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Gene-editing used to tackle deadly virus

Gene-editing used to tackle deadly virus

While farmed pigs quickly become ill and die from this disease, infected warthogs and bush pigs show no signs of...

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