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Hello Posting here to see if anyone else has had a similar experience. Had quite a few ewes down/die with listeria from silage baled in the wet last summer. However the listeria manifested in a really odd way - it didn't seem to cause neurological symptoms. The ewes would go really thin, go...

Only 6 weeks in to his new post as CEO of AHDB , Graham Wilkinson finds time for a key trip (read jolly) to meet USDA in America Back at the ranch , Red Tractor today laud an initial review commissioned by AHDB from the Birnie Consultancy on key beef and lamb assurance differentiators . a 77...

Had a ewe lamb triplets and mastitis on both sides. Had a big bag but felt soft and normal. Went to check milk and now hard and cold. She’s had a jab of Trymox and metacam and used uddermint. Since then one side has gone down. The other side is very large and firm. The coldness comes and goes...

Been the course of discussion yesterday. If jabbing a ewe post lambing with more "extensive" assistance delving around inside, what routine do folks use? I tend to go one Alamycin LA , one jab of Metacam. Other guy said 3 AB jabs, 2-3 days apart. One Metcam.

Hiyah, Had to assist an ewe Thursday with twins (first time mum - large first lamb and legs back second lamb), both alive and good size, but mum started to smell. Given metacam and alamycin la, but still very offensive. She is happy, eating, drinking and looking after her twins but still has...

Any ideas? my bactos have gone absolutely nuts this past 10 days and I don't know why!

How does registering my pet duck protect the national flock? https://www.nfuonline.com/updates-and-information/defra-announces-changes-to-the-gb-poultry-register/

Lambed a ewe last night and the lamb,although very bright,seems unable to suck on the teat.I milked her out and tubed the lamb and repeated 3 hours later.The colostrum/milk was fine.Went to do it a third time and the milk was pink from,I assume,a little blood in it.The udder is soft and...

Had a ewe lamb yesterday, 2 good lambs unassisted- plenty of milk- textbook lambing really. This morning a different story, she just wants to lie down all day, won’t eat and seems to be breathing heavy and quickly don’t know if that’s just a coincidence. Whats everyone’s thoughts ?

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Dog has been diagnosed with conjunctivitis by the vet and prescribed Isathal (Fusidic acid) for a week which seemed to work, but after a week it returned, back to vet, same diagnosis, same prescription, same result. Gunk back again now, best course of action please?

Written by Colm Ryan from Agriland A fire in a Co. Tyrone farm resulted in the death of a number of pigs, despite the best efforts of the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) in putting out the blaze. The fire happened in a farmyard shed on a pig farm on the Gorey Road in...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Experts at the University of Manchester have said that “urgent worldwide measures” are needed to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Drug resistant infections are expected to claim more lives over the next 25 years than cancer, the...

Just thought I'd share with you all the privilege I've had with dear old red tractor. So as most of you know I've been due a spot inspection. I try and keep my personal life off of here but for the purpose of this I'll share a bit, my partner of nearly 6 years was blue-lighted to hospital on...

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland The majority of dairy farms are now in the depths of the calving season, but a focus needs to be placed on cell counts. A milk recording is the best way of getting the full picture of what is happening within your herd, but a California mastitis test...

injected a lamb with alymicin for entropion into the eyelid, bleeding quite a bit tho, will it do harm?

I have 3 persistent lame ewes, they're destined for road but I want to get them right first. Can they be stood in a zinc footbath solution too often? Will it damage the hoof if so? I did them yesterday, first time using footbath as I'm trying to get away from antibiotic spray.

This is the number someone has come up with for the Welsh government for losses down to the new agriculture policy. Great news. Not.

Hello, I have 2 ewes and 4 lambs. Two of them (from one mother) are fine, but from another one have something around their mouth. I thought originally that they are just dirty but today I looked closer and took pictures… Moms udder looks clean… Is that some kind of bacteria? If yes how I can...

We have been finishing cattle for the last 20 years; all are purchased from local markets as stores, throughout the year. We feed both steers and bulls. Over the last 12 months we have noticed a considerable increase in pneumonia/viruses in the bulls, but not in the steers (they are house...