MSD

Vet warns user errors cause many vaccines to lose effectiveness

Agri-Business

Vet warns user errors cause many vaccines to lose effectiveness

Scientists, vets, and vaccine manufacturers must all improve communication with sheep and cattle farmers to help the livestock industry improve disease control.

1 in 5 farmers worry their youngstock housing isn't good enough

Dairy

1 in 5 farmers worry their youngstock housing isn't good enough

A significant number of UK beef and dairy calf rearers feel they don’t give their youngstock the attention they deserve, according to a recent survey.

Dairy Day: Could a checklist approach improve your youngstock health?

Dairy

Dairy Day: Could a checklist approach improve your youngstock health?

Score-based audits of youngstock rearing systems could help pinpoint calf husbandry weaknesses and identify opportunities to improve health.

Lungworm outbreaks in cows can cost €160/cow - is it time to vaccinate?

Dairy

Lungworm outbreaks in cows can cost €160/cow - is it time to vaccinate?

Lungworm outbreaks in adult cows can cost €160 per cow, according to Fergal Morris of MSD Animal Health.

'Effective worm control – cattle must be allowed to develop a level of natural immunity'

Dairy

'Effective worm control – cattle must be allowed to develop a level of natural immunity'

The ideal approach to controlling lungworms, or hoose and gut worms and stomach worms is to use a wormer that allows some exposure to the worm larvae but kills adult worms before they cause clinical signs of disease,