
Agri-Business
Kerry and Limerick farmers urged to consider BVD vaccination
The chair of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Animal Health Committee, TJ Maher has urged farmers in north Kerry and...
Agri-Business
The chair of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Animal Health Committee, TJ Maher has urged farmers in north Kerry and...
Dairy Technical
While some farms have started calving, a large number are just over a week away from the planned start of...
Dairy Technical
Vaccines play a key role in livestock farming and are likely to continue to play a major role going forward...
Veterinary
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, today (Friday, November 18) marked European Antibiotic Awareness Day by launching...
Veterinary
Almost two in three Irish farmers have already changed how they use antimicrobials and have a positive attitude towards changing...
Agri-Business
Global health and nutrition company, Royal DSM, has announced the completion of its acquisition of Prodap, a leading animal nutrition...
Dairy Technical
A vaccination programme already plays a key role on many farms, but with the new regulation changes in place it...
Agri-Business
Animal health distributor Bimeda has acquired veterinary pharmaceutical company Afrivet, meaning the company now has the largest footprint of any...
Environment
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has urged governments to develop stronger approaches to evaluating the...
Veterinary
The sales of certain types of antibiotics – fluoroquinoles – were down by 35% over four months, from January to...
Agri-Business
Farmers taking part in a new animal health initiative should be financially rewarded for doing so, according to the Irish...
Veterinary
A new parasite control strategy for bovine and ovine farmers has been launched by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and...
Agri Politics
The representative body for farmers and cooperatives in Europe, Copa-Cogeca has welcomed the adoption of the implementation report on farm...
Dairy Technical
A herd health plan should be in place on all livestock farms. A healthy animal is more productive and no...
N.Ireland
British Veterinary Association (BVA) president, Justine Shotton, has highlighted the central role that veterinarians will play in delivering a more...
Dairy Technical
Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR) is a highly infectious disease in cattle caused by bovine herpesvirus 1 (BoHV-1). It is a...
Agri-Business
Animal Health Ireland (AHI) has appointed chartered health psychologist Alison Burrell to the AHI team. Having qualified through the National...
Agri-Business
Health event recording levels have almost doubled – up a considerable 86% – since 2018, according to the latest data...