Disease
28 May 2020
In 2017, a group of Swaledale breeders from the North York Moors set out to improve the growth, confirmation and overall productivity of their hill wether lambs.
10 May 2020
Challenge Sheep is a research project to develop best practice for managing replacement ewes and understand the impact of the rearing phase on a ewe’s lifetime performance
7 May 2020
Information from the April 2019 meeting of the Pig Health and Welfare Council and its subgroups
22 May 2024
Strategic Farmer, Adrian Coombe, farms with his wife Lyn, and father Peter, at Dupath Farm in Callington, Cornwall.
4 May 2023
Find out what the Pig Health Scheme is and how it can benefit your business
28 March 2025
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
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.
1 May 2025
Find out how data about diseases in pigs is collected and analysed.
14 November 2025
A project investigating the impact of body condition and mating ewes as ewe lambs or shearlings on lifetime performance.
21 February 2024
Understand the important role the charter has in sharing information quickly in the event of a disease outbreak
