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Sheep
Sheep Management: marketing hoggets and ewes and vaccine queries
Darren Carty
The marketing of sheep can have a significant difference on the level of competition with a particularly sharp trade for quality cull ewes.
8 March 2025 News
Increased supplies of Heptavac-P in pipeline for late March
The company announced on Friday that they are expecting large deliveries of the clostridial vaccine product in a range of pack sizes throughout March
5 March 2025 Management
Beef Management: rearing calves, turnout and vaccinations
Adam Woods takes a look at some of the detail around rearing dairy calves, a smooth turnout and keeping vaccinations up to date.
Department working to address Heptavac P Plus shortages
Minister Heydon stated that Department of Agriculture officials are working to address the tight availability of the clostridial and pasteurellosis vaccines.
3 March 2025 News
Heptavac shortage to persist all spring
Heptavac P Plus is a vaccine, which is used for the control of both clostridial diseases and pasteurellosis in sheep.
19 February 2025 Northern Ireland
Pull out all the stops to reduce mortality
Sheep farmers have never been heading in to a lambing season where every additional lamb or ewe saved has such a high potential value
29 January 2025 Lambing
Germany puts foot-and-mouth disease vaccines on standby
The decision to activate the foot-and-mouth disease vaccine bank is not a decision for the actual use of the vaccine.
21 January 2025 News
Five management jobs for January
While every farm has a long list of jobs to complete, outlined are a few tasks to consider in January.
31 December 2024 Management
Five jobs for the Christmas holiday period
If additional family help is available over the Christmas period, make a plan to complete some of the bigger jobs on farm.
22 December 2024 Management
Closing up paddocks, mart events and new scour vaccine on the market
Adam Woods has the latest tips and advice for drystock farms in this week’s Beef Management.
13 November 2024 Management
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.
7 November 2024 News
Promising results for new sheep abortion vaccine
The results from the new study have been published in the scientific journal Animals.
30 October 2024 Northern Ireland