Agri Health
TD questions money spent on TB vaccinations
A Green Party TD has questioned the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine about state spending on tuberculosis (TB)...
Agri Health
A Green Party TD has questioned the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine about state spending on tuberculosis (TB)...
Beef
Suckler farmer, Joe McEvoy from Drumconrath, Co. Meath is one of many farmers in a constant battle with rising cases...
Dairy Technical
Cryptosporidiosis or ‘crypto’ scour is an issue on many farms during the busy calving period, with no vaccination currently available....
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is open to exploring bovine tuberculosis (TB) vaccines for cattle, according...
Dairy Technical
Many farms have been, or will be giving their cows boosters as part of their vaccination programmes. Scour continues to...
Sheep Technical
With the large number of store lambs currently on farms, farmers are considering finishing lambs, selling as stores, or buying...
Pig/Poultry
A report released today (Tuesday, August 22) by Compassion in World Farming has said that “major reforms” are needed for...
Dairy Technical
MSD Animal Health has launched a vaccination for bovine coronavirus (BCoV), which it claims is the first on the market...
N.Ireland
For an effective avian influenza (bird flu) vaccination programme, the vaccines must be used as an additional layer of protection...
Beef
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) captured and vaccinated 7,244 badgers against tuberculosis (TB) in 2022. This...
Dairy Technical
Leptospirosis (Lepto) is a bacterial disease that affects both humans and animals, caused by the bacteria genus Leptospira. Like a number...
Dairy Technical
With a focus of reducing antibiotic usage on farms going forward now, when spring-calving farms are starting the dry period,...
Dairy Technical
A vaccination programme already plays a key role on many farms, but with the new regulation changes in place it...
Dairy Technical
Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR) is a highly infectious viral disease in cattle caused by bovine herpesvirus 1 (BoHV-1). According to Animal...
Dairy Technical
Scour is the most common cause of death in calves less than one-month old and accounts for nearly 30% of...
Dairy Technical
Leptospirosis (Lepto) is a zoonotic disease that can be passed from infected cows to humans, usually through contact with urine,...
Agri Politics
A TD is calling for changes to the VAT regime for farm animal vaccinations in order to incentivise farmers to...
N.Ireland
The Health and Agriculture Ministers are urging the farming and rural community to get the vaccine to protect themselves from...