RespiRatoRy disease in calves is an interaction between: • Various infectious agents (whether bacterial, viral or both) • environment (poorly ventilated buildings, overcrowding) • immunity (vaccination status) Viral Causes the important viral causes of...
THE Royal agricultural Benevolent institution’s Brecon & Radnor committee is organising an evening with guest panellists at the Royal Welsh showground’s FUW pavilion on Monday November 27 (6pm). the event will raise money for farmers...
THE National Sheep Association (NSA) is pleased to announce Lord Inglewood (pictured left) of Hutton in the Forest, Penrith, Cumbria, as the new NSA president. Lord Inglewood takes over this significant position from His...
TWO ambitious young farmers in North Wales are confident they face a bright future thanks to the foresight of a local landowner and a new share farming arrangement facilitated by Farming Connect’s Venture programme....
FASCIOLA HEPATICA infects the liver of both cattle and sheep. For part of its life cycle liver flukes inhabit the snail, Limnea truncatula. This important stage of the parasite life cycle necessitates wet and...
BLOWFLY strike in the UK results in the opportunistic invasion of living tissues by the larvae of Lucilia sericata (greenbottles), Phormia terrae-novae (blackbottles) and Calliphora erythrocephala (bluebottles). Economic impact The incidence of disease is...
Lambing is a crucial time for sheep farmers, we asked Brecon vet and co‐opted member on the FUW’s animal health committee, Kate Hovers, to give us some hints and tips on making sure the lambing process...
THE Welsh Government has announced a new Avian Influenza (AI) Prevention Zone, in place from 28 February until 30 April. The Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs Lesley Griffiths has confirmed there will...
CASEOUS lymphadenitis (CLA) is a chronic contagious skin disease primarily of sheep and goats caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis. Transmission occurs • Directly between sheep during close confinement. Fighting, causing skin lesions on...
THE prevalence (percentage of affected sheep on any day) of foot rot – caused by the bacterium Dichelobacter nodosus.- is estimated to be eight to 15 per cent in UK flocks. There is increasing...
