Content related to the topic: disease

30 April 2019

Meet our strategic farmer: William Baillie

Farmer William Baillie shares his experience of the dairy strategic farm programme

30 April 2019

Refreshed dairy focus for AHDB in Scotland

AHDB is now recruiting an additional person to work with Scottish dairy farmers, after the Scottish Dairy Hub officially moved to NFUS in February.

25 March 2019

Blog: Keeping busy in the health and welfare team

In the latest blog, Heather Freeguard, an intern in the Pork team, tells us what she's been working on recently.

1 March 2019

World renowned dairy farmers to visit Scotland

Internationally recognised dairy farmers Lloyd and Daphne Holterman will be visiting the UK in March for a series of meetings where they will outline the ‘five non-negotiables of managing the modern dairy cow’.

4 March 2019

Antibiotic resistance: Using antibiotics responsibly

In most cases, antibiotics should only be used to treat bacterial infections. Over-prescribing and the unnecessary use of antibiotics can increase the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Livestock producers have a responsibility to protect human and animal health by using antibiotics responsibly in order to minimise the risk of antibiotic resistance (AMR).

21 February 2019

Lamb post mortem

Investigating losses at lambing time can be used as a tool to improve lamb survival and wider health, welfare and production. This is a basic post-mortem worksheet for vets and farmers. It may be useful to watch the BRP lamb survival guide: Investigating lamb losses before using this worksheet, available here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu6VpAepsgc

14 February 2019

The Bulletin - Spring 2019

The latest edition of The Bulletin is now available to download. Topics include nutrition, breeding, costings and more.

12 March 2019

Iceberg diseases of ewes

This manual provides a concise reference guide to five infectious diseases of sheep that members of the sheep industry have identified as important: Border disease (BD), caseous lymphadenitis (CLA), Maedi Visna (MV), ovine paratuberculosis or ovine Johne’s disease (OJD) and ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma (OPA). However, awareness of these diseases is low, with a recent survey suggesting fewer than 5% of farmers screen for them routinely.

18 February 2020

Reducing the spread of digital dermatitis by disinfection of hoof-trimming equipment

Guidance about the standard operating procedure for foot trimming to reduce the spread of digital dermatitis.

29 November 2018

Understanding mastitis in sheep

Mastitis is an inflammation of the mammary gland, usually caused by bacterial infection. It can present as subclinical infection or clinical disease, which can be acute (sudden, short-term) or chronic (long-term).

19 November 2018

Case study: water sampling and cleaning

This farm case study demonstrates the importance of sampling water on farm and the benefits that can be observed by carrying out a deep clean through shock dosing.

23 April 2025

Use of vaccines in cattle increases as antibiotics fall

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