Animal Health News

The UK’s chief veterinary officer has just announced that the UK is now in the seasonally vector low period for bluetongue virus. 

UK meat industry bosses have issued an urgent call for the government to implement a comprehensive ban on all personal imports of meat products derived from pigs and ruminants following the news of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Germany.

The UK government has announced a ban on cattle, pig and sheep imports from Germany following the confirmation of a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in the country.

A highly contagious foot and mouth disease (FMD) has been confirmed in Germany. This is the first outbreak of the disease in the country since 1988.

An innovative navel protection solution offers reduced mortality and heavier lamb weights compared to traditional iodine treatment.

Provita Eurotech Ltd’s independent veterinary consultant Dr TB Barragry offers advice on foot hygiene and foot bathing, to get DD under control.

Farmers are being warned to take extra care with medications after a working sheepdog swallowed a hormone implant used on sheep.

Insights from the research will help develop tools for farmers to analyse the risk and impact of heat stress on-farm.

Following detections of avian influenza in poultry, wild and captive birds across the East Riding of Yorkshire, City of Kingston Upon Hull, Lincolnshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, a prevention zone has been declared across the region to mitigate the risk of further outbreaks of the disease. 

As 2024 comes to an end we take a look at the key animal health challenges from the year. Sarah Kidby reports.

Restrictions are in place after Defra confirmed three further cases of H5N1.

A single case of atypical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) has been confirmed in a cow on a farm in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.