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Disease Alert

This month the topics covered include bull infertility - in particular subfertility, dairy cow fertility – missed heats in the normally cycling cow and Nematodirosis in lambs which is forecast to be very high this year. In this webinar James Aitken BSc BVetMed MRCVS, Orchard Veterinary Group, Glastonbury, discusses the presenting signs, treatment and prevention of these conditions. watch the webinar

Parasite Forecast

NADIS publishes a monthly Parasite Forecast for farmers and livestock keepers, based on detailed Met office data. The Parasite Forecast outlines the parasitic challenge facing cattle and sheep in the different regions of the UK. This month the forecast concentrates mainly on Nematodirosis, the risk of which is expected to be very high this year following the cold, late spring. Also covered more briefly are PGE and Fluke in cattle and sheep and headfly control in sheep.

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Featured Animal Health Issues

Smaller Pig Producers - Greasy Pig Disease

Greasy Pig Disease is a bacterial infection of the skin of the pig, which is known by a variety of other names - Greasy Skin, Exudative Epidermitis, Marmite Disease. The primary cause of the disease is Staphylococcus hyicus, which is a common bacterium known to colonise the skin of many pigs without causing disease. As a group of diseases, it probably constitutes the most common skin ailment in pigs...


Biosecurity on Cattle Farms

Biosecurity is your first line defence which prevents new diseases entering your farm; biocontainment measures aim to limit the spread of disease within your herd and hence financial losses following introduction of disease onto your farm once biosecurity has been breached. Link to “Biosecurity in Dairy and Beef Cattle” bulletin....


Endoparasites in Goats

Nematodes are by far the most important endoparasites of the goat, the majority of which live in the stomach and gut , but also include lungworms that complete their life cycle in the respiratory tract. . A number of species are shared with cattle and sheep (important to bear in mind when devising a worm control programme if you have shared grazing). ...