Large animal

Richard Gard reports from the congress of the British Cattle Veterinary Association held in Harrogate last month.

RICHARD GARD joined the thousands who flocked to the NEC in July for the main livestock event of the year

RICHARD GARD was invited to Brussels to hear all about the new animal health law which is aimed at, among other things, giving the EU an improved ability to reduce the impact of disease

DEBBIE DOYLE begins a series of quick updates on parasitic infections in farm animals, their clinical signs, diagnosis and treatment, beginning with Eimeria and the danger of false positives

RICHARD GARD paid his usual visit to the Devon County Show where he picked up information about threats to bees and heard the Minister of Agriculture respond to questions about bovine TB

RICHARD GARD reports on the latest meeting of Goat Veterinary Society and the wide-ranging discussions

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 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’