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Some key messages have been outlined for Irish farmers on the issue of bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) for 2021 by Animal Health Ireland…
The number of herds in Northern Ireland retaining BVD PI animals has “fallen dramatically” since toughened eradication measures were introduced to the region’s…
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine supports for the early removal of persistently infected (PI) calves under the national Bovine Viral Disease…
A spokesperson for a farm lobby group has called for 2019 to be the last year of “full scale” compulsory BVD testing. The…
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, has announced confirmation of his department’s continued support payments for Bovine Viral Disease…
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association’s (ICSA) Animal Health and Welfare chairman Hugh Farrell has called for the BVD eradication programme to…
A number of Northern Irish farmers have been enquiring about the best way to rear BVD persistently infected (PI) calves despite warnings that…
A farming lobby body in Northern Ireland has said that the May deadline is too early for the slaughter of all Bovine viral…
Significant progress has been made this year towards the eradication of the BVD virus in Ireland, according to Animal Health Ireland (AHI). AHI…
The incentivisation scheme in Northern Ireland – aimed at the removal of animals persistently infected by BVD – is soon set to draw…
The Department of Agriculture has been criticised for ignoring the legal BVD testing obligations in the latest tag approval document. This criticism comes…
Now is the time for one final push on the BVD eradication programme in terms of resources, personnel and co-ordination towards a BVD-free…
Since the BVD eradication programme became compulsory in March 1,677 calves have tested positive for BVD in Northern Ireland, according to Animal Health and Welfare Northern…