Content related to the topic: disease

7 May 2020

Pig Health and Welfare Council: April 2019 update

Information from the April 2019 meeting of the Pig Health and Welfare Council and its subgroups

22 May 2024

Worming advice from Strategic Farmer Adrian Coombe

Strategic Farmer, Adrian Coombe, farms with his wife Lyn, and father Peter, at Dupath Farm in Callington, Cornwall.

4 May 2023

Pig Health Scheme

Find out what the Pig Health Scheme is and how it can benefit your business

28 March 2025

Liver fluke survival in silage project

Liver fluke is a parasite that affects the health and welfare of livestock, specifically cattle and sheep. This research investigates whether liver fluke in silage poses a risk to livestock.

16 April 2020

Beef feed efficiency research project delivers cost saving for farmers and the environment

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 lameness in pre-calved heifers is a must to safeguard long-term foot health

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

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

1 May 2025

Disease surveillance for pig farmers

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

6 May 2026

Challenge Sheep

A project investigating the impact of body condition and mating ewes as ewe lambs or shearlings on lifetime performance.

21 February 2024

Significant Diseases Charter

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

20 March 2025

Swine dysentery

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

21 August 2025

Porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus (PEDv)

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