BSE discovered on Scottish farm
Mastitis management tool launched
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Beef Efficiency Scheme in Scotland Welcomes Changes to Tissue Tagging
TB Advantage
A guide to the TB Advantage genetic index Launched in January 2016, TB Advantage, published by AHDB Dairy, is a genetic index for use by farmers to assist in breeding cows which have a heightened resistance to bovine tuberculosis/ TB (bTB)...
Read moreAnimal Health – Biosecurity and your own herd
Animal Health – Biosecurity is concerned with how we deal with both biological and biochemical substances and should be a part of all modern farm practices. The word first appeared in the wake of the foot and mouth outbreak of 2001 which...
Read moreDairy cow welfare strategy
The Dairy Cow Welfare Strategy was first launched in 2010 to try and improve the standards of welfare for dairy cows in the UK. Whilst it was recognised that farmers in the UK operated at a very high standard, it was thought that methods and...
Read moreMastitis in dairy cows
Mastitis in dairy cows Mastitis is an unpleasant disease which is endemic throughout dairy herds in the UK and around the world. The disease causes the swelling of the cow’s udder tissue and mammary glands, making this not only uncomfortable for...
Read moreBVD – Bovine Viral Diarrhoea
Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) Managing disease within a herd can be difficult, and identifying BVD, a repeated cause of reproductive and respiratory problems is essential as it can have a significant economic impact on a farm’s profitability. It...
Read moreTB – Bovine Tuberculosis
TB & Bovine Tuberculosis TB / Bovine Tuberculosis (bTB) in cattle is caused by the Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) bacterium which is a zoonotic disease capable of causing tuberculosis in humans. The M. bovis bacterium is killed in sunlight...
Read moreIBR – infectious bovine rhinotracheiti
What is Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR)? Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis or IBR, as the name suggests, is a respiratory disease that is infectious and highly contagious, caused by Bovine Herpes Virus type 1 (BHV-1) which can affect both...
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