Livestock

ROGER BLOWEY previews the international symposium and conference on lameness in ruminants to be held in Bristol in August

RICHARD GARD attended an IDF open day at the laboratories of the Cattle Information Service where there were papers on topics from improved nutrition to environmental impact

PADRAIG HYLAND of Bimeda questions whether vets are overlooking the opportunity to help farmers reduce mastitis incidence through dry cow therapy best practice

PETER EDMONDSON provides his annual round-up of developments in the treatment and management of mastitis with a look at CNS along with a summary of what is happening elsewhere

DEBBIE DOYLE reviews the impact of a parasite which has become the most prevalent parasite of cattle in the US and which is becoming increasingly prevalent in the UK

DEBBIE DOYLE reports on the second of three webinars on ketosis, this one presented by Paddy Gordon and looking at the value and means of testing for subclinical disease in dairy cows

RICHARD GARD joined veterinary surgeons and dairy farmers at CEDAR where there were demonstrations of the application of research on farms

RICHARD GARD reports on the recent International Mastitis Course, run jointly by the Cornell and Nottingham universities, where the focus was very much on preventing problems

RICHARD GARD is taken on a visit to Malta where he sees the ways of farming there, including the management of livestock, and the traceability system for various types of meat

DEBBIE DOYLE reviews the first of three webinars on ketosis, the focus of this one being on the prevalence of the disease, its detrimental effects on herd health and its overall costs

RICHARD GARD has been reading about some recent research work and is intrigued by both successes and failures

RICHARD GARD discusses the after-effects of a difficult season and looks at how increased co-operation between farmers and veterinary surgeons might be valuable in the fight against TB.

RICHARD LAWRENCE of Splash Marketing & Communications discusses how some equine practices are making mobile marketing work for their business

VETERINARY PRACTICE hears how an equine practice in South Yorkshire has set up a compound pharmacy to make ‘unlicensed’ medicines for horses

RICHARD GARD in his second report on the 2012 congress of the British Cattle Veterinary Association covers the presentations on herd health programmes and the gathering of on-farm data

VETERINARY PRACTICE looks through the summary produced by the AHWBE following its ‘call for views’ on ‘strengthening the TB eradication programme’

A NUMBER of changes came into effect last month for cattle farmers in England in relation to bovine TB. Among the changes, the parish system for TB testing is being replaced with a country-wide system…

RICHARD GARD in his first report on the 2012 congress of the British Cattle Veterinary Association covers the three papers in the opening session relating to food safety and public health

EMILY RACKLEY visits a south of England practice to see how it is developing an integrated approach to herd health planning.

VETERINARY PRACTICE has a look at the shiny new facilities for testing bulk tank samples at the new NML building in Four Ashes.