"May open opportunities for greater integration of plant and animal systems on diversified farms." Sheep farmers stunned by ...

Sheep should remain on lands where there is no risk of dip coming in contact with watercourses for at least 24 hours, and ...

Nina Henning, project manager team lead at GALVmed FMD is a viral infection that affects cloven-hoofed animals such as cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs. Henning says the continual evolution of the virus ...

According to Parasitologists working at the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), farmers need to be aware of the risk ...

As we come to the end of selling our lambs for 2024, preparations are already well underway for the next breeding season.

Liver fluke risk rises with this year's wet weather. Farmers are urged to test livestock and avoid complacency to control potential outbreaks.

The message underlines that relatively low and delayed occurrences of liver fluke in the past should not lead sheep farmers to become complacent this season. This advice comes from animal health ...

Nathan Hill looks at a treatment for flukes in aquariums and ponds that's effective, but needs handling with care. This small package of innocuous looking powder from Fish Treatment Ltd goes a long ...

U.S. Department of Agriculture officials say there is no concern about the safety of the nation’s pork supply.

The swine were euthanized to facilitate additional diagnostic analysis, according to the agency. Other animals on the farm, ...

Liver fluke burdens in sheep and cattle could be worse this winter than in previous years, an animal health expert has warned. Dr Philip Skuce from Moredun Research Institute said farmers should not ...