Dairy
The next couple of weeks are crucial in getting prepared for the arrival of calves for autumn...
Calving has either arrived or is only around the corner for a lot of autumn herds, and the final...
As calving season goes on, calf pens and calf sheds will begin to fill up on farms across the...
The calving season is underway which means that day by day, sheds will be filling up with calves...
We are now only a matter of days away from the start of the calving season and any last minute...
The last few days of 2024 have certainly been quite mild and these mild conditions can pose a...
Beef
The use of a new process known as 'thoracic ultrasound' for detecting bovine respiratory disease...
As the autumn calving season has well and truly taken off, with more calves on the ground day by...
At this time of year, it is a good idea to start thinking about your vaccination programme, as we...
Dairy Technical
Calf sheds on many farms now full and the bacterial load inside them is quite high, which means...
As calf sheds begin to fill on farms this spring, pneumonia can begin to become an issue on many...
Pneumonia can affect cattle of any age; it is a complex multi-factorial respiratory disease, caused...
Vaccination plays a significant role in preventing disease in human and animal health. Farmers...
The challenging weather this year means there is likely a high level of parasites present in...
Full calf sheds can result in increased levels of sickness in calves, with one such sickness being...
Pneumonia causes inflammation and damage to the lung tissue and airways of calves, which ultimately...
Pneumonia and scour are the main illnesses that are experienced by young calves, with pneumonia...
Pneumonia is a respiratory disease that can affect cattle at any stage. It is a complicated,...
Beef Technical
Any farmer who buys or sells weanlings will be well aware of the detrimental effect a case of...
It is hard to know what season it is currently, if we were to go by the change in weather...
If the conditions are suitable a pneumonia outbreak can occur in a herd at almost any time of the...
Respiratory diseases cause more deaths in young growing cattle in this country than any other...
With the wet weather beginning to hit all parts of the country over the past number of days,...
