Livestock

How to diagnose, treat and prevent a respiratory disease outbreak

How do we manage the steadily spreading disease?

Recent steps forward in pain recognition and mastitis were discussed at the 2019 Total Dairy Seminar

Teams are working to devise the best response to a new strain of BTV-8 arriving in the UK

Get up to date with the UK’s notifiable disease risks and policy changes at the 2019 Official Veterinarian Conference

New border campaign to tackle African swine fever threat

How to develop rapport and improve means of communication with farm clients

Will the vet’s role evolve in an updated picture of bovine TB in the UK?

Developing an effective plan for controlling roundworm and reducing disease risk in summer

How can vets improve their communication to farmers and become more involved with sheep health?

Analysing the network of cattle movements in the UK could improve the control of diseases, including bovine TB

What does it mean to be a sustainable large animal practice?

How pain identification and management will feature in the future of pig production

A guide to developing health plans with your clients to encourage positive change on-farm

The problems encountered with milking in developing African countries are very different to those we’re used to in the UK

A recently published book considers the philosophical and ethical implications of using and abusing animals for the benefit of humans

Coordinated, rapid responses could be required on a global scale to tackle emerging antimicrobial resistance threats

Learn about managing disease in the second article of a two-part series on deer farming in the UK

Views on control methods were exchanged in a meeting attended by vet Dick Sibley, TB activist Brian May and a range of professionals involved with TB control

Mark Fisher, author of Animal Welfare Science, Husbandry and Ethics: The evolving story of our relationship with farm animals, explains the complexities of farm animal welfare