Disease

16 April 2020

Investigating new systems which will make beef cattle more efficient to produce, less damaging to the environment and yet still more cost-effective for farmers

17 April 2020

Preventing Digital Dermatitis (DD) infection pre-calving and minimising body condition score loss post-calving are a must to ensure optimum foot health in an animal’s first lactation and beyond.

6 January 2021

Disinfection and hot washing crucial to prevent Crypto spread from calf jackets.

10 March 2022

Find out how data about diseases in pigs is collected and analysed.

11 May 2022

Challenge Sheep is a project funded by AHDB Beef & Lamb which aims to develop best practice for managing replacement ewes and understand the impact of the rearing phase on a ewe’s lifetime performance.

21 February 2024

Understand the important role the charter has in sharing information quickly in the event of a disease outbreak

16 April 2024

Essential information about the bacterial disease that causes diarrhoea, weight loss, and severely limits productivity

5 October 2022

Essential information about the PED virus, including how to spot symptoms and prepare for an outbreak

12 July 2024

The latest guidance on emerging and exotic diseases such as African swine fever, swine dysentery and PEDv

23 March 2020

Lameness is a serious cost to the sheep industry. In Great Britain, the estimated cost from footrot alone is between £20 and £80 million each year. Taking into account all the other causes of lameness, the total cost to the sector is staggering.

23 March 2020

A sheet allowing you to record the mobility scores of cows in each group.

23 February 2024

This form allows you to record the mobility of your herd. The images on the sheet indicate the mobility scores of the cows and makes suggestions on how to improve them.

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