Animal health
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Liver Fluke
Liver Fluke is a parasitic infection caused by Fasciola Hepatica which has a complex lifecycle with infection to clinical signs slow to develop in cattle.
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CIS Laboratory Achieves Compliance to UKAS Standards
The Cattle Information Service (CIS) accredited laboratory, based at Telford, Shropshire, continues its operational excellence by achieving for 9th consecutive year compliance to U
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Farmer Focus: Mells Park Trust
Red Barn Farm near Frome, Somerset was purchased in 2014 and re-established as a dairy farm in 2017 following investment in a new dairy complex. Read more..
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Farmer Focus: R E Archer Farms Ltd
Fourth-generation farmer Stewart Archer and his wife Helen run Hall Farm in Bradley, Ashbourne where they milk 120 pedigree British Friesians on their 500-acre farm. Read more..
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TB: getting to grips with the ‘uncontrollable’
TB: getting to grips with the ‘uncontrollable’. Put into practice some simple and achievable biosecurity measures, and start to manage the seemingly uncontrollable.
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Industry Embraces New Johne’s Tracker
Dairy management companies, including milk recording organisations NMR and CIS, have embraced a new Johne’s progress tracker developed by the Johne’s Action Group.
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Pin Point High Cell Count to Avoid Penalties
Testing milk samples from dairy cows will help pinpoint the high cell count cows in the herd to avoid milk buyer penalties.
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What is Neospora
Neospora Caninum is a protozoan parasite that is an important infectious cause of weak calves and abortion in cattle.
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Treatment Page feature added to MobileHerd
Treatment Page feature added to MobileHerd – Download the new version of the app now.
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Monitor Herds for Johne’s
Johne’s disease is a chronic, debilitating and irreversible disease of ruminants caused by infection with Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP).