Calves at risk from contaminated grazing

NADIS (National Animal Disease Information Service) is a network of 59 veterinary practices and six veterinary colleges monitoring diseases in cattle, sheep and pigs in the UK.

Electronic data move may be detrimental

THE European Commission's plans to introduce compulsory electronic identification for sheep could lead to a significant number of farmers leaving the industry, the NFU has warned.

Champson is the champion

THE Red Ruby Devon Breed record price was broken by almost double at the Devon Cattle Breeders Society Spring Show and Sale.

Quality of lambs hold

THE quality of lambs slaughtered and classified in English abattoirs has held up remarkably well over the past year in the face of the serious marketing disruptions caused by foot and mouth disease and Bluetongue movement restrictions, according to the latest annual carcase classification results from EBLEX Ltd, the industry body for beef and lamb levy-payers in England.

	Heifer smashes sales record
	PROGENY from Semex No1 LPI bull, Braedale Goldwyn, made headline news with record-breaking prices at the Smiddiehill dispersal sale.

	Fleeces future is looking golden
	SHEEP producers look like receiving better prices for their wool this year, and keeping a keen eye on fleece quality will always be an important part of the breeding policy in the flocks of Exmoor Horn and Devon Closewool sheep run by Somerset farmer Richmond Harding.

	Vet care best for lambing problems
	DEALING with a vaginal or uterine prolapse and difficult lambing cases can present a dilemma to the busy farmer who is unable to correct the problem but considers it too expensive to call the vet and too busy to take the ewe to the surgery - valid reasons or weak excuses?

Advice on treating diarrhoea

NADIS (National Animal Disease Information Service) is a network of 59 veterinary practices and six veterinary colleges monitoring diseases in cattle, sheep and pigs in the UK.

Electronic sheep tagging delayed

ELECTRONIC tagging of sheep - which will place an extra financial burden on UK sheep farmers - will be brought in on the December 31, 2009, following agreement by national governments in Brussels.

Society has new breed index

THE British Charolais Cattle Society has introduced a Terminal Index (TI) and a Self Replacing Index (SRI), two new major Indexes to its Breedplan registration and genetic evaluation system.

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