Livestock

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.

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 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

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.

The Farm Animal Welfare Committee (FAWC) published its Report on Farm Animal Welfare: Health and Disease at the end of November. The report aims, says the committee, to highlight the welfare issues th…

CATHERINE-MARY HOWARD believes veterinary professionals should play a key role in helping to change the mindset of owners through education on obesity recognition, diet and exercise

VETERINARY surgeons have been reminded of the importance of quarantine dosing for sheep because of the inherent risk of introducing new parasites and diseases onto farm. Anthelmintic-resistant worms a…

VETERINARY PRACTICE looks at how a sensible way forward on reducing the incidence of TB in cattle could actually result in the Government saving some money

VETERINARY PRACTICE previews one of the biggest events of the year bringing vets and farmers together

RICHARD GARD has waded through the guidance notes on the scheme to kill badgers and is just a little underwhelmed...

JON READER presents the last of his three reports from the international conference on lameness in ruminants held earlier this year in New Zealand

RICHARD GARD takes a look at what DEFRA is doing with ‘remote sensing’, the work of the Farming Regulation Task Force, and why there is a high level of noncompliance

IN my experience the majority of young graduates are highly motivated. They all are very wellinformed but it is accepted by the profession and new graduates that they all require additional knowledge …

BETTER co-ordination and data sharing is needed to ensure the results of mastitis research are communicated to dairy farmers. This was the main conclusion from the 4th meeting of the European Mastitis…

“MASTITIS is probably the most important animal welfare issue in the dairy industry,” according to Dr Herman Barkema of the department of veterinary medicine at the University of Calgary in Canada. Sp…