Disease

Defra said the new approach will use a 'data-led and scientific approach to end the badger cull by the end of this parliament'

Hopes extra data will help farmers manage the soilborne disease

“These registration changes are a necessary step to help protect the health of kept birds and the general public from future avian disease risks"

Air-based approach could replace existing methods for detecting infection

Vet, Rob Hall of LLM Farm Vets, discusses the cause, treatment and prevention of hardware disease in beef cattle

Farmers warned the low risk so far does not rule out a potential outbreak.

Vet, Rob Hall of LLM Farm Vets, discusses the cost of abortions caused by neosporosis and best practice for controlling and preventing the disease

Management of bedding and grazing paddocks is crucial to controlling environmental mastitis infections during lactation and in the dry period

Find out how to protect pulse leaf growth as crops are deemed high risk for disease as they race through growth stages

Alison Braddock, of SRUC Veterinary Services discusses the key considerations for protecting livestock from diseases