Agri-Business
A heifer died from lead poisoning after ingesting a battery that was discarded in a field where it was grazing.
Beef
A veterinary practice in England has sounded a warning to farmers on the possibility of livestock poisoning from hemlock water dropwort.
Rural Life
With many farms using generators, farmers have been urged to be aware of the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Sheep
The Sligo regional veterinary laboratory (RVL) recently diagnosed plant poisoning in two three-year-old ewes.
Police in Northern Ireland investigating the deaths of two white-tailed eagles last month have confirmed the birds died of poisoning.
Ireland’s rising rural population has brought with it an enhanced risk of sheep being poisoned by ornamental plants.
"I went up on the Tuesday morning to check them all I could find was legs up in the air - 10 of my cattle were dead."
The Inter-Agency Group formed in the wake of the Silvermines cattle poisoning case held its first...
