New, Easier-To-Use Antibiotic Spray
UK - A new oxytetracycline antibiotic spray that promises greater convenience and less product wastage for livestock farmers is available from veterinary practices.

Hidden Costs Of Cattle Pneumonia
UK - The beef industry in the UK may be underestimating the true cost of calf pneumonia, according to Merial Animal Health.

Liver Fluke Spreading Eastwards Say Vets
UK - Increasing numbers of vets in the east of Britain report that they are seeing more cases of liver fluke than ever before.

Keep on Top of Parasites at Turn-out
UK - As the time for turn-out approaches, leading animal health company Merial is urging farmers to keep on top of parasite control to help maximise productivity.

Help for New Vets on Farm Practice
UK - A series of six hands-on training courses has been developed by the British Cattle Veterinary Association (BCVA), sponsored by Pfizer Animal Health, to help recently qualified vets climb the steep learning curve in their first jobs in farm pract...

Bluetongue Vaccine Protects Offspring
UK - New research shows cows vaccinated with a BTV-8 bluetongue vaccine passed protection to their offspring.

Economic Loss From Calf Rearing Is Huge
UK - With estimates that six to eight per cent of calves will die before they are weaned and about 30 per cent of calves will suffer some form of illness during the same period, calf rearing is an area that can be improved on many dairy farms, according...

Focus On Cow Behaviour And Health
UK - DairyCo workshops looking at cow behaviour and health will be running across Cornwall in November and December.

New IBR Educational Material
UK - Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health has produced a new suite of education materials to highlight the costly financial losses associated with IBR infection in cattle herds.

New Guide to Scour Published
UK - Understanding and preventing infectious calf scour is the subject of a new practical guide published for cattle farmers by Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health.

Hope for Clostridial Comes in the Form of a Vaccine
UK - A new vaccine, Bravoxin 10, offering sheep and cattle protection against 10 clostridial diseases has been launched by Intervet/Schering-Plough.

Cow Signals Initiative Shows Health
UK - It sounds almost too simple to be true, by watching cow behaviour dairy farmers can make small management changes that may boost production by up to 1000 litres a year.

Genus Profits in Times of Trouble
UK - Cattle genetics company Genus Plc reported a forty percent rise in profits this year, despite continuing struggle within much of the industry.

First Delivery of Merial Bluetongue Vaccine
UK - Merial Animal Health is pleased to announce the first delivery of its bluetongue vaccine, BTVPUR™ AlSap, in the UK.

Beefing Up the Sunday Roast
UK - The Sunday roast on our dinner tables has the potential to be packed with bags more natural flavour, say scientists at The University of Nottingham.

Merial Unveil the Liquid Bluetongue Vaccine
UK - Animal health company Merial has just launched the latest product in its range of bluetongue vaccines.

BPZ Expands and Merial Vaccine is Licensed
UK - Defra has today announced that the Bluetongue Protection Zone will be extended again on Monday 21 July, following the delivery by Intervet of almost 2 million additional doses of Bluetongue serotype 8 (BTV-8) vaccine.

Bluetongue Protection Zone Keeps Expanding
UK - Defra has today announced that the Bluetongue Protection Zone will be extended again on Monday 14 July, following the delivery by Intervet of over 2 million additional doses of Bluetongue vaccine.

Defra Bluetongue Tender Awarded to Merial
UK - Following the award of the second Defra tender, Merial Animal Health is now preparing to deliver bluetongue virus serotype 8 (BTV8) vaccine to England and Wales, starting in July.

Another English Vaccine Order is Welcome News
UK - The news Defra Secretary of State Hilary Benn has agreed to order a further eight million doses of Bluetongue vaccine for England has been welcomed by the Joint Action against Bluetongue industry group.