02 November 2023 02 Nov 2023

Volume 28 | Issue 6

ISSN (Print): 2053-0862

ISSN (Online): 2053-0870

Technological advances for common cattle health problems

It seems as if we hear something new about artificial intelligence (AI) almost daily. It is the hot topic of 2023 – in fact on the day I write this it has been confirmed that AI is Collins Dictionary's word of the year (BBC News, 2023)! So, it seems very apt that we have an article in this month's edition of Livestock on The future of AI for livestock veterinary practice (p254). In it, Robert Hyde and Charles Carslake discuss how AI could transform farm animal veterinary practice.

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Cattle Review

Figure 1. All farms tested during the Gwaredu BVD project. A purple dot marks the approximate location of a farm.

Gwaredu BVD scheme: what next?

Figure 2. The implementation framework for the Veterinary Prescribing Champions Network.

Shared-practice approach to responsible antimicrobial use in farm animal vets in Wales

There is great potential for autonomous AI algorithms in reducing labour demands for veterinarians and farmers.

The future of AI for livestock veterinary practice

There is an increasing focus on lameness due to its impact on welfare, productivity and sustainability.

Improving trimming and treatment skills through a collaborative approach

Impact of bovine herpesvirus-1 infection on fertility in dairy cattle

Figure 1. Elongating bovine conceptuses recovered from the same uterus at slaughter on day 14 following transfer of day 7 in vitro produced blastocysts. Note the variation in conceptus length. Multiple embryo transfer studies allow repeated measures of the ability of the uterine environment to support conceptus development and highlight that there is an intrinsic oocyte/embryo component to elongation, as reflected in the variation in conceptus size from the same uterus.

The importance of progesterone in pregnancy establishment in cattle

Figure 2. Ease of administration of a topical parasiticide

Parasiticides: perspectives and prospects