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Beef
Should I vaccinate my purchased weanlings?
Journal Vet
The Journal Vet takes a look at the role of vaccination in purchased weanlings and what products are available to use on the Irish market.
11 March 2020 Breeding & health
Vet's Corner: fattening animals that can’t pass urine
Every year, we see a small number of animals that can’t pass urine, writes Donal Lynch.
4 March 2020 Animal Health
Colostrum is really liquid gold
Colostrum is the key to the prosperity of the new generation of livestock.
Shmallenberg and Bluetongue: flies (or midges) in the national ointment
The Journal Vet looks at the risks posed by midge borne diseases on the livestock sector.
29 August 2018 Animal Health
New developments in antibiotic free mastitis treatments
Aidan Brennan speaks to Aoife McCarthy, project manager with Westway Health about antibiotic free mastitis treatments.
29 August 2018 Animal Health
Blackleg: prognosis poor for majority of carriers
Blackleg is a clostridial disease that primarily affects cattle that are under two years of age.
30 May 2018 Animal Health
Lice: parasite affecting cattle especially at housing
There are two main types of lice affecting cattle, sucking lice and biting lice. Lice are a host-specific, obligate parasites.
30 May 2018 Animal Health
Joint ill/navel ill: infection in young calves and lambs blood stream
Joint ill is a disease which affects young calves and lambs in the first few weeks of life.
30 May 2018 Animal Health
Schmallenberg virus: associated with the development of deformed foetuses
Schmallenberg disease had devastating effects on Irish farms in the spring of 2013 as the disease spread from mainland Europe with losses occurring to both lambs and calves born deformed and stillborn
30 May 2018 Animal Health
Acidosis: usually caused by an overload of grain
It can affect both beef and dairy cattle introduced to a high carbohydrate diet suddenly leading to the over-production of lactic acid in the rumen.
30 May 2018 Animal Health
Black's disease: causes blood poisoning in animals which often leads to death
Deadly clostridial disease that affects both sheep and cattle.
30 May 2018 Animal Health
Bloat: accumulation of gases which leads to the distension of the rumen.
Bloat is an accumulation of gases in the reticulo-rumen which leads to the distension of the rumen.
30 May 2018 Animal Health