Under the guidance of experts from Scotland's Rural College, the Royal Veterinary College and veterinarians within Wales, a stakeholder group convened in a Welsh Government building to grapple with...
One of the biggest challenges faced in managing dog attacks on livestock is accurately identifying the responsible dog. The CDnaRP provides confirmatory evidence, removing ambiguity and allowing us to...
CVS' Dyfed Farm Vets is undertaking a project to improve the use of diagnostic testing of respiratory disease in calves to better manage herds, guide appropriate treatments and reduce the unnecessary...
Assurance schemes are voluntary schemes that establish and regulate standards covering food safety, animal welfare and environmental protection. A farm-to-fork review of UK farm assurance schemes is...
Monensin achieves its effect by increasing propionic acid production in the rumen. This was previously believed to be a consequence of a greater effect of monensin on Gram-positive bacteria than on...
Getting the housing right is important for any herd, but it becomes increasingly so the longer the housing period. Just as there is an increase in numbers of seasonally block-calving herds in the UK,...
Where lungworm is a known problem, there is no easy way to predict when it will hit and waiting until coughing starts is less than ideal. Using a preventative vaccine on farms with a known lungworm...
To give you some background on the committee membership, I am the former chair of the Animal Health and Welfare Board for England and current chairman of Animal Medicines Training Regulatory...
