Health

Despite the headwinds facing UK’s dairy industry, the sector has enormous potential to thrive. Photo: Koos Groeneveld

06-03 | News

In the spotlight: Disease and regulations in UK’s dairy sector

Global mycotoxins surge in 2024: Survey reveals rising risks

26-02 | News

Global mycotoxins surge in 2024: Survey reveals rising risks

In the UK, mastitis rates reduced to 26 cases per 100 cows, down from 29 in 2023 and 42 in 2020. Photo: Klaas van der Horst

25-02 | News

Antimicrobial use and mastitis declining on UK dairy farms

The country as a whole can fight current epidemics more efficiently and rapidly, but also prevent new threats, Annie Genevard, France’s minister of agriculture, food sovereignty and forestry, said about livestock diseases. Photo: Canva

13-02 | News

France calls for one plan against livestock diseases

Photo: World Mycotoxin Forum

12-02 | Article

WMFmeetsSalzburg 2025: What to expect at the 15th mycotoxin conference

Milestone targets include less than 20% of the national herd suffering from lameness by 2028, less than 10% by 2035 and less than 5% by 2044. Photo: Canva

12-02 | News

Stamping out lameness in UK’s dairy herd

The Nevada State Department of Agriculture has stated that the D1.1 strain of H5N1 is the first detection of this virus genotype in dairy cattle. Photo: Henk Risick

06-02 | News

US: First detection of newer variant of bird flu in dairy cows

Restrictions that have been in place to mitigate the Bluetongue virus have been eased. Photo: Canva

30-01 | News

Bluetongue virus restrictions eased in the UK

Various nutritional strategies can be applied to improve rumen microbiota composition. Photo: Canva

20-01 | Article

Understanding rumen microbiota changes from prepartum to postpartum

Pathogens & Prevention - key strategies for healthy livestock

Sunita van Es Sahota, editor special projects

29-06-2020 | Expert opinion

Staying vigilant against diseases

A digital pen and a smartphone can be used with a visitors book for an easy solution to generate useful on-farm information. Photo: Carlos Piñeiro

29-06-2020 | Article

New paradigms for disease prevention

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