Animal Health and Welfare News

DairyCo and NACFT to build national mobility database

DAIRYCO and the National Association of Cattle Foot Trimmers (NACFT) have started a joint project to build a national foot lesion database.

Act now to avoid problems next winter - SAC warning to livestock producers

BEEF and sheep farmers should start planning now to minimise the legacy this late spring has left for next winter.

Cattle Handling Systems – The Do's and Don'ts of Design

FOLLOWING the success of the beef improvement meeting held at Highfield Farm (Chorley) in February, a second meeting was held at the same venue looking at cattle handling systems and their design in more detail.

Future of feed for pigs and poultry: A British view

SEVERAL keynote speakers gave their view on future developments in feed at the latest edition of the British Pig & Poultry Fair held earlier this month at Stoneleigh Park.

Animal Bytes - The latest Developments in animal science - May update on Poultry

Faster growing birds ate larger meals, but fewer per day, than slower growing birds

Cow Tracks - finding the right path

WHEN it comes to constructing a cow track, drainage is key. Get it right and your track should have a long and useful life, get it wrong and you could be facing track failure in the first few years.

Clover Club calf husbandry, management and health day

DESPITE the lovely spring weather, the latest Clover Club meeting saw an excellent turn-out of 15 farmers to listen to various speakers share their knowledge on the many different aspects of calf health.