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.