Articles
Update on AHVLA’s new surveillance approach
Seven AHVLA surveillance sites are set to close between now and April 2015. Extra PME provision and carcass transport services...
Diagnosing SARA and monitoring rumen health in practice
Owen Atkinson takes an in-depth look at the various testing methods available…...
Ninety cattle a day slaughtered for bTB
More than 32,000 cattle were slaughtered in Britain last year as part of bTB control measures Latest figures released by Defra...
Report published on Exercise Walnut
The exercise was organised by the AHVLA to test contingency plans for an outbreak of CSF. Exercise simulated national CSF outbreak...
Plans to tackle campylobacter
Campylobacter is the biggest cause of food poisoning in the UK. Key organisations discuss practical methods to reduce food poisoning...
Biosecurity warning for pig farmers
Biosecurity advice has been issued to pig farmers by levy organisation BPEX BPEX offers guidance to avoid "Crippling production diseases"...