Dick Sibley

Leicestershire

Harnessing farmer engagement to develop a 10-point plan to control Johne's disease in dairy herds

This article uses a mixture of academic literature and expert opinions to establish common reasons for the success or failure of farmer and veterinary engagement in disease management programmes, with...

Bovine tuberculosis: slow progress

The current surveillance programme is adequate for detecting infected herds, but inadequate for detecting infectious animals. The skin test (SICCT; Figures 2 and 3) and gamma interferon tests...

The National Johne's Management Plan: using risk and data analysis to optimise Johne's control in dairy herds

Since the advent of the NJMP programme in 2009, Johne's knowledge has increased. There is now a greater emphasis placed on dam associative risks (Whittington and Windsor, 2009; Patterson, 2020;...