Disease and Defects

26 March 2025

Bluetongue is a non-contagious, viral disease affecting domestic and wild ruminants (primarily sheep and including cattle and goats), that is transmitted by insects, particularly biting midges.

21 December 2020

Mixed livestock

23 October 2020

A series of webinars that form part of the annual College Lecturer's Day aimed at academics looking to learn more about AHDB.

10 July 2020

Strategic Dairy Farm: Mastitis expert Dr James Breen joins Hillhead of Covington's Willie Baillie for a review of their last nine months activities

10 March 2020

Ewes with low protein levels have a higher risk of losing lambs between scanning and birth according to the latest research findings.

6 January 2020

Improving existing buildings or designing new builds to the best standards has a lasting and positive impact on animal health and productivity. This manual covers a wide range of aspects to improve buildings for your cattle.

15 August 2019

The Agronomist Conference this year will focus on IPM

22 February 2024

Farm animal post mortem report template

22 February 2024

Farm animal post mortem report example

16 November 2018

The number of vaccines used on dairy and beef cattle is on the rise, according to a report published by AHDB.

27 February 2024

Diseases in sheep and cattle have made the headlines many times over the last few years. The impact of a disease can range from an annoying setback in production to a devastating infection leading to widespread culling of the flock. What is certain, however, is that every disease has an impact on returns

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