ECBHM FHEA FRCVS Professor of Bovine Medicine, University of Bristol
Control of bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) in the UK is largely voluntary, although there is some variation between individual countries. For individual farmers this is likely to be influenced by...
A paper by More et al (2022) (Irish Veterinary Journal https://doi.org/10.1186/s13620-022-00209-6) focuses on the new EU Veterinary Medicines Regulation (2019/6), which has not been implemented in the...
The bovine respiratory microbiome is strongly associated with health and disease and may provide insights for alternative therapy when treating bovine respiratory disease (BRD). The niche-specific...
Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) continues to be a leading cause of economic loss, hampered animal welfare and antimicrobial use in cattle operations, worldwide. To improve disease control and...
The importance of Mycoplasma bovis in causing and contributing to respiratory disease in cattle has been highlighted over recent years, however, it still remains a significant challenge to UK farmers....
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) limits the ability to prevent and treat infection, making it one of the foremost threats to human and animal health. Animal agriculture's use of antibiotics in food...
In a meta-analysis undertaken by Santos et al (2021) (Journal of Dairy Science10.3168/jds.2018-14628) the literature was systematically reviewed, searching randomised experiments with transition cows...
Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) is a causative agent of Johne's disease, which is a chronic granulomatous enteropathy in ruminants. In a study by Lim et al (2021) (Veterinary...
Animal tuberculosis is a multi-host disease caused by members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Due to its impact on the economy, sanitary standards of the milk and meat industry, public...
Adequate lying time is considered an important aspect of cow welfare. Tucker et al (2021) (Journal of Dairy Sciencehttps://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2019-18074) examined what is known about cows' motivation...
The objective of a study by Cattaneo et al (2020) (The Veterinary Journal https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2020.105533) was to assess how uterine disorders alter the lying behaviour and plasma...
The aim of a study undertaken by Becker et al (2020) (Preventive Veterinary Medicine doi. org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2020.104907) was to evaluate a novel concept for calf fattening aimed at reducing...