Animal Health News

With UK supermarkets pledging to move away from caged eggs, a new 16,000 bird shed will need to be built each week up until 2025 to meet consumer demand, explains Fred Liddell, poultry specialist at Wynnstay. So, there is an opportunity for farmers looking to diversify their business.

Clinical field trials of a world-leading BCG vaccine and DIVA skin test have been launched on a cattle farm in Hertfordshire.

Farmers Guide spoke with The British Horse Society to find out more about laminitis.

The latest Kingshay Dairy Costings Focus report shows marked improvements in health and fertility, as well as encouraging trends in production and financial performance.

A network of temperature and humidity monitors, installed by Cargill in cow sheds across the UK this summer, has recorded heat stress conditions in all regions in the first two weeks of June and highlighted levels that could affect cow fertility and milk production.

A recent Elanco A2K event offered an update on the key parasite challenges facing cattle and sheep farmers this season, and heard from one shepherdess who implemented a successful worm control plan on a white wormer resistant farm.

Although we’ve only just started to see the sun, heat stress can prove a problem even when the sun is not out. Lallemand’s Hannah Elliott explains the risk factors, signs and how to minimise the impact through nutritional management.

As the warmer summer weather dries out ground soaked by the heavy UK rainfall during May, cattle producers are being urged to be vigilant for any coccidiosis outbreaks in calves around weaning.

Milk fever is among the most common metabolic disorders of dairy cows (1). Farmers Guide spoke to Norbrook about the impacts of milk fever and supportive therapies – including its brand-new milk fever range.

Dr TB Barragry, European specialist in veterinary pharmacology and therapeutics, explores the benefits of a unique and proven probiotic, which field trials have found to be as effective as antibiotics in the prevention of calf scour.

Mineral deficiencies caused by differences in the mineral content of pastures at grazing time can slow down production benefits farmers could be achieving at this time of year. Downland spoke to Farmers Guide about the benefits of a free-access supplement.

Veterinary advisor warns of ‘abortion storm’ in following year’s lambing season for the 44 per cent of farmers who do not investigate why ewes are aborting.