The Blowfly Alert forecasts the level of strike risk for different regions of the UK. It will be updated monthly through July to October. The forecasts are supported by on farm reporting of cases – to report a case in your flock please click the link below.
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Featured Cattle Health Issues
The importance of forage in dairy farming should not be underestimated.
Regular teat condition scoring should be considered as important a management tool as regular mobility or body condition scoring.
Cattle affected by lungworm may be reluctant to move, cough frequently with their neck extended and have an increased respiratory rate.
Featured Sheep Health Issues
Bluetongue is a notifiable viral disease spread by midges. Fever and stiffness are most common in sheep.
Slaughterhouse liver condemnations indicate that liver fluke is now widespread and increasing in frequency.
Sheep with footrot are very lame, lie down for long periods and may not bear weight on the affected leg.
Featured Pig & Poultry Health Issues
Newcastle Disease is one of two notifiable diseases of game birds in the United Kingdom, the other being Avian Influenza.
The disease is now common throughout the UK causing sporadic disease in individual herds, occasionally across areas.
During lactation, certainly up to 4 weeks post farrowing, part of the hormonal control mechanism (principally prolactin) normally acts to pr…
Featured Webinars
This webinar discusses how trace minerals support the immune response to bovine respiratory disease vaccination
This webinar discusses the principles of pre tupping and early pregnancy nutrition
Biosecurity Risk Assessments
Lungworm is an unpredictable parasite and risk can be difficult to assess. This assessment tool will help provide an indication of risk levels only. Parasite control should be part of your herd health plan.
PGE can cause severe disease and death in cattle but the greatest losses are from the subclinical effects of reduced appetite and growth. A risk assessment should form part of a comprehensive parasite control plan
Biosecurity prevents entry of new diseases, or resistant strains of existing diseases into flocks. This risk assessment is a general starting point to more detailed assessments for infectious and parasitic diseases
