Depending on the results of monitoring since turnout and the outcome of the review, the possible actions that can be instigated around mid-July essentially revolve around pasture management or...
Sepsis is a known or suspected infection leading to systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) that is characterised by alterations in body temperature, heart rate, respiratory rate, and leukogram...
Calving is a complex process with three recognised stages (Figures 1 and 2), each associated with different sources of pain. Pain is a subjective experience defined by the International Association...
The selection of the type of calf housing used on farm can be influenced by many factors, with an understanding of farmer perspectives proving helpful in the provision of appropriate veterinary...
Digital dermatitis is a polymicrobial infection, with many hundreds of bacterial species found in lesions (Krull et al, 2014; Zinicola et al, 2015). Changes in bacterial populations and relative...
The prevalence of BRD in the UK has been reported to be 46%, accounting for approximately a third of deaths in pre-weaned calves (Johnson et al, 2017), and is considered to be the most important...
In summary, the increased Bactoscan could be explained by the issues of low-level bore hold water contamination that was then ‘multiplied up’ via a combination of header tanks (roof space, warm, never...
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...
While lameness has been named as the number one issue by the UK's Ruminant Health and Welfare Group, there are other stake-holder groups that also have an important influence. One conse-quence of...
As detailed in Tables 2 and 3, example rations can be constructed for suckler beef cows depending on stage of production and estimated requirements. AHDB Beef has an excellent ration calculator that...
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;...
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...