Animal Health

Livestock keepers are being urged to remain vigilant after Staffordshire recorded England's first confirmed clinical case of bluetongue serotype 3 (BTV-3) in sheep of the 2026 vector season.

Welsh livestock owner fined more than £16,000 as inspectors find lame animals and maggot-infested carcass

Following last year's battle with bluetongue, the Royal Welsh Show livestock lines have bounced back, with entries increasing across the board.

New testing and pre-movement rules will lead to healthier and more profitable herds, says Welsh Gov

A new Farmers Guardian Podcast recorded at the Royal Cornwall Show lays bare the emotional and financial toll of bovine TB and what it will really take to beat it by 2038

A shift to local, targeted control of bovine TB, with farmers driving decisions rather than waiting on centralised direction or being hampered by political interference, lies at the heart of the new plan to make England bTB-free by 2038

The Hungarian authorities have ordered the culling of 3,000 pigs

The zones in place across Great Britain have been lifted from noon today (June 4)

Reducing risk through good biosecurity is especially important for the poultry sector with bird flu remaining a serious risk across the UK