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...
The objective of a study by Cattaneo et al (2020) (The Veterinary Journal https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2020.105533) was to assess how uterine disorders alter the lying behaviour and plasma...
2020 has certainly been original. World events appear to have superceeded domestic ones, and despite discussing them ad nauseum at times, we still aren't sure of the long-term impact of some of these...
The aim of a study undertaken by Becker et al (2020) (Preventive Veterinary Medicine doi. org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2020.104907) was to evaluate a novel concept for calf fattening aimed at reducing...
Sitting in New Zealand, which as of 15 June had had its 24th consecutive day of no new cases and had no active cases of coronavirus, I feel very privileged, especially when I look at the UK where the...
Evidence of the effectiveness of interventions designed to enhance antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) is essential. A review by Gozdzielewska et al (2020) (Preventive Veterinary...
In my January editorial I discussed change in a new decade, little did we know the extent of change we were about to experience or the profound impact that change would have on our businesses and our...
Antimicrobial residues in milk have been discussed as a possible selector for Enterobacteriaceae that produce extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL) in dairy herds. Such residues are found in waste...
To vets of a certain age the term mangelwurzel will stir memories of outrageous accents, country yokels and combine harvesters. But the mangelwurzel has a much longer history than a niche 1970s pop...
Although 90% of BRD relapses are reported to receive retreatment with a different class of antimicrobial in the USA, studies examining the impact of antimicrobial selection (i.e. bactericidal or...
At times it feels as if the challenges we face in our professional lives remain constant, with little real change year on year. At the start of my career 30 years ago, for example, I certainly did not...
There has been an ongoing decline in bovine tuberculosis (TB) in the Republic of Ireland, however, TB has yet to be eradicated. Further to a recent commitment by the Irish government to eradicate TB...