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Welfare
20 July 2020
The key considerations for drying off cows early such as housing space, group management and nutrition
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
First generation farmers Rob and Anna Hawke joined the AHDB Beef & Lamb-funded project, Challenge Sheep, when it began in 2017.
22 May 2024
Strategic Farmer, Adrian Coombe, farms with his wife Lyn, and father Peter, at Dupath Farm in Callington, Cornwall.
13 July 2020
Routinely mobility scoring helped Flintshire dairy farmer Rhys Davies reduce lameness across his herd and identify replacements for future breeding.
27 April 2020
Top tips for mobility mentors about incorporating the Healthy Feet Programme into their work
27 April 2020
An economic review of the costs of lameness estimated the average lameness event costs in the region of £330.
27 April 2020
Salicylic acid is widely used, especially by hoof trimmers. However, care is required to stay the right side of the law.
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