Robert Simpson

Ruminant business unit, MSD Animal Health, Walton Manor, Milton Keynes, MK7 7AJ, UK

Cattle

A survey of colostrum management practices on UK dairy farms

Dairy farmers were invited to participate on the social media platform of a large pharmaceutical company (MSD Animal Health). Data were collected under University of Glasgow ethics licence (number:...

Figure 2. Diarrhoea pathogens diagnosed on the farm (multiple options could be selected). Note: 49% of farmers did not use diagnostics or did not diagnose any pathogens for diarrhoea.
Cattle

OPEN ACCESS: Insights into UK farmers' attitudes towards cattle youngstock rearing and disease

The survey was undertaken during May 2018, was open to any UK farmer with online access who owned cattle and was promoted via Facebook and Twitter online social media platforms. Paid targeted online...