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Plan to vaccinate cattle against lungworm six weeks before turnout
Vaccination can help create herd immunity to lungworm, but the oral treatment has to be given twice, four weeks apart,…
Dairy / Beef
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£1m project to tackle dairy cow lameness
Work has begun on a new £1 million research project to discover what causes lameness in dairy cows. On any…
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No let-up in parasite threats to sheep and cattle over winter
Final assessments from NADIS confirm that the overall risk of liver fluke is low in the UK, with the exception…
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Cross-industry organisations launch Calf Health campaign
The Cattle Antibiotics Group, which the NFU is part of, has launched a new cross-industry initiative to improve calf health,…
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Allflex Livestock Intelligence unveils Young Stock calf monitoring application
Allflex Livestock Intelligence, has launched Allflex Young Stock, a dedicated health monitoring application for newborn calves up to six months…
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Industry collaborates to improve beef feed guidelines
AHDB Beef & Lamb is to fund a five-year collaborative project to deliver improved beef cattle feeding guidelines, following an…
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Practical changes necessary in parlour hygiene to reduce antibiotic use
Dairy farmers should be taking practical steps in their parlour hygiene management to ensure antibiotic use is reduced to meet…
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New website launched for Control of Worms Sustainably (COWS) in cattle
The ‘Control of Worms Sustainably’ in cattle group (COWS) has launched a new website to support the work it does…
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AHDB launches farm data sharing project
Creating a best practice guide to sharing farm data is the focus of a new consultation launched by the Agriculture…
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Livestock farmers urged to use correct injection sites
Farmers may be losing money by incorrectly injecting livestock and damaging carcase value, a survey carried out by AHDB Beef…