Beef
Farmers and vets wanted for EU survey on animal diseases
Farmers and veterinarians in Ireland are being asked to add their voices to a cross-European exercise to find out what...
AHI
Dairy
Dairy advice: Regular foot bathing to limit lameness
At this time of the year, it can be difficult to stay on top of lameness issues and foot bathing...
Veterinary
Appointment of new AHI chief executive announced
Animal Health Ireland (AHI) has appointed Kevin McConnell as the new chief executive officer (CEO) of the organisation. The announcement...
Dairy Technical
Johne's disease: What is it and what are the signs?
Johne’s disease, also known as paratuberculosis, is a bacterial disease of cattle and other ruminants for which there is no...
Dairy News
BVD maps show significant progress north and south
The most recent maps produced for the Northern Ireland (NI) and Republic of Ireland (ROI) bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) programmes...
Beef
What 4 counties have the highest amount of liver fluke cases?
In the Animal Health Ireland (AHI) Beef HealthCheck Newsletter’s spring edition, Dr. Natascha Meunier, Beef HealthCheck programme manager outlined the...
Beef
Dairy calf to beef action plan finalised
An action plan was finalised today (Friday, March 8) to support dairy calf to beef systems in Ireland. It was...
Beef
Map: Number of BVD positive herds drop by 97% since 2013
The latest results from the national programme to eradicate bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) have shown the number of positive animals...
Dairy News
Search underway for new AHI chief executive
Animal Health Ireland (AHI) has begun the recruitment process to replace the outgoing chief executive officer (CEO) Dr David Graham....
Dairy News
Farmers reminded not to feed 'waste milk' to calves
Farmers have been reminded not to feed ‘waste milk’ to their calves where whole milk is being fed to calves...
Dairy Technical
Calving 2024: Dealing with straw shortages
The poor weather conditions of last year that straw is in short supply in many areas ahead of calving this...
Dairy Technical
Fundamentals of calf rearing highlighted at CalfCare events
Animal Health Ireland (AHI), Teagasc and the dairy co-ops from across the country, are currently hosting CalfCare farm walks ahead...
Dairy News
Dairy beef farms added to AHI CalfCare events for 2024
A series of 18 on-farm CalfCare events for farmers will take place nationwide throughout the month of January. The CalfCare...
Beef
AHI outlines IBR free status will be a 16-year journey
Animal Health Ireland (AHI) has said that achieving an Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR) free status in Ireland will take approximately...
Dairy News
AHI announces 2023 CellCheck award winners
The Animal Health Ireland (AHI) 10th annual CellCheck awards took place last night (Thursday, November 9) in the Killashee Hotel,...
Agri-Business
Animal Health Ireland CEO to step down early next year
The chief executive officer (CEO) of Animal Health Ireland (AHI), Dr. David Graham has announced that he will be stepping...
Beef
1.3% of herds in Johne's control programme are beef herds
Preventing the spread of Johne’s disease through a national control programme in Ireland has not yet seen a massive uptake...
Rural Life
IFA gathering support for new data charter for farmers
The Irish Farmers Association (IFA) is gathering support from industries and associations for its proposed data charter for farmers. The...