Health

Parasites represent an important threat to optimising performance in both beef and dairy cattle and can affect feed conversion efficiency, growth rates and fertility. Photo: Canva

21-11 | News

Sustainable control of parasites in dairy cattle

If parasites attach between the claws of the feet, they may also cause severe lameness, and heavy infestations are often associated with anaemia and other parasite-borne diseases. Photo: Canva

18-11 | Article

Keeping dairy cow parasites at bay

An advantage of the live vaccine is that it can be given to calves from 7 days, with a booster 21 days later, and the onset of immunity 12 days after that. Photo: Canva

06-11 | News

New vaccine to combat M. bovis in dairy herds

Belgium is now under threat from BTV serotype 8 as well as EHD. These livestock diseases are spreading rapidly in neighbouring France, with over 6,000 cases of BTV 3 and EHD each at the end of October. Photo: Canva

25-10 | News

Belgium makes Bluetongue and EHD vaccine compulsory

In addition to a vaccine bank, a relatively new Canadian government organisation called Animal Health Canada has established the ‘FMD Project’, which includes the development of a Vaccination Implementation Support Structure and an Integrated Emergency Response Plan. Photo: Henk Riswick

10-10 | News

Foot-and-mouth disease vaccine bank being established in Canada

Supplementation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in ruminants’ diets improves gut wall adhesion, minimises pathogenic bacteria colonisation, and increases feed intake and growth performance. Photo: Canva

09-10 | Article

Yeast in dairy cow diets: the benefits of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

To develop vaccines to curb methane emissions, researchers are focusing on methane-forming microbes in the gastrointestinal tract of cows. Photo: Canva

08-10 | News

A race for vaccines to curb methane emissions

“As the number of bluetongue cases continues to rise in England and northern Europe, we are taking further action to extend the restriction zone to mitigate the spread of the disease,” said Ele Brown, deputy UK chief veterinary officer. Photo: Canva

24-09 | News

New measures to protect dairy herds against bluetongue in the UK

Bluetongue serotype 3, Bluetongue serotype 4 and 8, Epizootic Haemorrhagic Disease (EHD) and recently even some cases of anthrax – French cattle farmers are dealing with a multitude of diseases. Photo: Canva

23-09 | Article

French dairy and livestock farmers face multiple disease threats

“Our comprehensive TB eradication package will allow us to end the badger cull by the end of this parliament and stop the spread of this horrific disease,” UK Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs, Daniel Zeichner, said. Photo: Canva

16-09 | News

UK: Labour government’s new bTB eradication strategy

Pathogens & Prevention - key strategies for healthy livestock

Sunita van Es Sahota, editor special projects

29-06-2020 | Expert opinion

Staying vigilant against diseases

A digital pen and a smartphone can be used with a visitors book for an easy solution to generate useful on-farm information. Photo: Carlos Piñeiro

29-06-2020 | Article

New paradigms for disease prevention

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