Opinion

Cattle Review

Studies suggest that high cortisol resulting from lameness-associated pain decreases testosterone and disrupts spermatogenesis leading to decreased fertility. The objective of a study by Boakari et al...

Will Defra's new Sustainable Farming Incentive ease farmers’ transition away from subsidies?

Area-based direct payments will have been phased out in England by 2028. The process of removal is a gradual one over the transition period. Indeed, farmers will have already received the first...

Cattle Review

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...

Veterinary students and young colleagues

Those of us that were there in 2001 pulling together to try to control the most serious Foot and Mouth (FMD) epidemic ever seen in the UK, will I'm sure have thought long and hard about those time and...

A voice farmers will respect

The COVID pandemic has affected us all and we need to consider the impact on our clients. Would the COVID pandemic be better managed if vets were in charge? Many of the mistakes made are very basic...

Embracing change for a better future

As England finds itself in lockdown 2.0, the impact of COVID-19 on our lives, the business we're part of and the lives of our clients is clearly (and rightly) front of mind. There is little doubt that...