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Beef
Closing up paddocks, mart events and new scour vaccine on the market
Adam Woods
Adam Woods has the latest tips and advice for drystock farms in this week’s Beef Management.
7 November 2024 News
Changes to vet medicine rules cause confusion
Adam Woods speaks to Ollie Ryan from the Irish Licensed Merchants Association about the current veterinary medicines debacle.
30 October 2024 Northern Ireland
Promising results for new sheep abortion vaccine
The results from the new study have been published in the scientific journal Animals.
Health topics discussed at Teagasc mart event in Tullamore
Rachel Gallagher reports from GVM Tullamore for the Teagasc event on beef markets and the new veterinary prescription regulations.
17 October 2024 Markets
Vaccine and sheep dip shortage could see farmers ‘unfairly penalised’ - ICSA
The ICSA said that farmers are struggling to complete selected actions under the scheme due to a shortage of vaccines and suitable sheep dip.
15 October 2024 News
‘Real risk’ of bluetongue entering Ireland - Department
The latest update from the Department’s National Disease Control Centre, said the bluetongue situation across Europe is “dynamic” and urged vigilance among Irish farmers.
4 October 2024 News
England’s cattle farmers locked up by bluetongue
The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has permitted the use of three unauthorised bluetongue serotype 3 (BTV-3) vaccines in the England.
25 September 2024 News
Farmers lose out again in veterinary medicines moves
The long running veterinary medicine bill was signed last year, but the statutory instrument to effect change was signed last week.
25 September 2024 Viewpoints
You’re taking the brisket – the lore of blackleg disease in cattle
In Ireland, blackleg was also variously known as black-quarter (with its Irish variants ‘cheathrú dhubh’ and ‘cheathrú ghorm’), quarter-evil, quarter-ill and speedy disease. John Flaherty reports.
18 September 2024 Feature
10 more bluetongue cases confirmed in UK
These figures are from the UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency.
16 September 2024 News
Vet meds change draws fire from IFA and vet group, but for different reasons
Minister McConalogue's signing off of changes to veterinary medicine rules has drawn criticism from both the IFA and vets.
13 September 2024 News
Bluetongue vaccines targeted at SE England
The new vaccines for the BTV-3 strain of the virus will depend on both supply and demand, so a phased approach is being taken initially.
11 September 2024 Northern Ireland