Animal Health Tips & More

Aug 51 min read

Pelvic Measurements in Heifers

One of the topics discussed at the beef meeting this past month was pelvic measurements in heifers. Here is a little reminder on how it...

Aug 52 min read

Autumn Calf Respiratory Health

Respiratory diseases in dairy calves can lead to significant economic losses. For herds practicing autumn block calving, where a large...

Aug 52 min read

Animal Health and Welfare Pathway - Follow-up funding now available!

For those sheep or beef farms who have completed the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway review (with associated wormer or BVD testing),...

Jul 52 min read

Neosporosis in Cattle- Understanding and managing a significant, parasitic disease

Neosporosis is a parasitic disease caused by the protozoan Neospora caninum, which primarily affects cattle but can also infect other...

Jul 53 min read

Understanding selective dry cow therapy

All dairy farms in the UK now adopt the approach of selective dry cow therapy at drying off. It is an approach to help promote udder...

Jul 52 min read

Hypotrichosis in Hereford Cattle- the facts!

Hypotrichosis, commonly referred to as hairlessness, is an unusual genetic condition affecting various cattle breeds, including the...

Jun 142 min read

Sheep update

As spring pushes on, you may have seen that the SCOPS nematodirus risk level for our area has now moved back down to 'low'. This means...

Jun 142 min read

Decision making on individual cows with high cell counts

Irrespective of the size of your herd, making appropriate calculated decisions on individual cows with high cell counts is essential to...

Jun 133 min read

Fix the roof while the sun is shining... (hopefully!)

As we head into the longest daylight period of the year, the list of jobs still to be done should be getting a little shorter. Hopefully...

Jan 23 min read

With yet more rain, we're revisiting the advice from Mihail on grass staggers

As lush green pastures emerge with the onset of spring, cattle are often exposed to a hidden danger- hypomagnesemia, commonly known as...

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