Beef
DAFM urges investigation of birth deformities in calves and lambs
The Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine (DAFM) is urging the investigation of any birth deformities seen in calves...
Beef
The Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine (DAFM) is urging the investigation of any birth deformities seen in calves...
Veterinary
The first confirmed cases of Schmallenberg virus (SBV) have been found in 2024 in sheep in Co. Wexford. Figures provided...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland’s first case of bovine foetal deformity due to Schmallenberg virus in 2018 has been confirmed in a stillborn calf...
Beef
The Schmallenberg virus (SBV) – a low-impact disease, with the potential to cause significant losses in individual herds/flocks – may have...
N.Ireland
A total of 14 cases of Schmallenberg virus are awaiting official confirmation in tests so far this year in Northern Ireland....
N.Ireland
A Co. Antrim veterinary clinic has urged stockmen to be vigilant, as it confirms seven cases of Schmallenberg virus in...
Sheep
There are fears that the area affected by the Schmallenberg virus (SBV) has increased and spread further north in 2017,...
Beef
Two separate cases of the Schmallenberg virus (SBV) infection have been confirmed in Ireland by the Department of Agriculture. The...
Sheep
The Chinese Minister for Agriculture, Han Changfu has told the EU Commissioner for Agriculture, Phil Hogan that he will lift...
Sheep
The much talked about threat of a widespread Schmallenberg outbreak this year has not come to pass, according to Teagasc...
Beef
The Schmallenberg Virus, which hit Ireland in 2012 resulting in malformed newborn calves and lambs, could return, the Department of...