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Northern Ireland
Promising results for new sheep abortion vaccine
Peter McCann
The results from the new study have been published in the scientific journal Animals.
31 July 2024 Breeding & health
Talking points at Tullamore Farm sheep stand
Hot topics included vaccination for enzootic abortion, a poor killout in lambs, worm control and Easycare genetics.
28 July 2024 Sheep breeding
Quarantine protocol for buying in sheep on Tullamore Farm
The risk of bringing disease into a flock when purchasing sheep can be greatly reduced by having a good biosecurity policy in place.
Country’s top pedigree genetics up for grabs
The Coolkellure Belclare flock, possessing elite performing bloodlines, and the Coolkellure Charollais flock, ranked as the highest flock on the Sheep Ireland database are being dispersed on 20 July.
9 July 2024 Pedigree
News in-brief from Northern Ireland
Kieran Mailey rounds up the news in-brief from across the agri-food industry in NI
3 July 2024 Northern Ireland
Limited availability of sheep abortion vaccines
Supply chain issues are likely to create a shortage off vaccines preventing enzootic abortion in sheep.
19 June 2024 Northern Ireland