vaccinate

Hi guys! New here, and hoping to pick the brains of your collective expertise, if I may? I have inherited a few acres of land, that hasn't had any stock on it for over two decades. Or anything done to it for that matter! My two horses have been put on there, and I acquired 5 Shetland ewes to...

I queried this issue on the forum once before and concluded that it may have been administration issues Firstly we are using a different sealant to usual. Ubroseal Blue. We dried off 98 cows on Friday, this morning 44 hrs later I counted leaked milk on 37 beds and pools/puddles of milk a...

Had bad cold for couple of days now fine , wife woke with cough so did covid test, the dreaded positive :mad: I should have been off to read some meters but thought should take one as i may come in contact with people again positive :mad::mad: havev no symptoms but was at Panto last night with...

With this sh!t weather that never ends just having an odd issue with coughing in some 3 month old blue calves. 1 jabbed with draxxin and metacam after seeing it fairly early. It's still eating etc it's just breathing badly and odd cough but not terrible but can see it's physically breathing...

With 30 cases of STEC and the same strain as that in the cheese it looks more like the 2 are linked Their website says they are the last Lancashire cheese using raw milk. There is possibly a reason for that. No doubt some on here will have been drinking raw milk since infancy and make spurious...

I have about 30 x 4 and half month old cattle in a barn. Healthy enough but the last 3 days beginning to get some niggles. Increase in coughing. They were due to be mucked out this week as imo they have more muck underneath them than I'd like. They are in 3 different pens and the 4th empty...

How do folks who use it apply it ? It is supposed to go under the skin as opposed to in the muscle. We have a herringbone parlour and a herringbone race. Neither seem easy options.

Hi, I used Covexin 8 to vaccinate all my breeding stock, but this is now impossible to come by. Will giving them a booster of Covexin 10 still cover the stock for the original diseases? Lambs have been started on Heptavac instead, but don't want to start a brand new (significantly more...

Hi. This time last week the cows were on an upward trajectory towards a 30kg average at 0 19 kg/ cake / litre fed in parlour. The ration outside was balanced 3 forages n prot pellet. 2 Kgs. Since Sunday the yld has fallen very quickly to 24kg. Exactly the same ration. Mixed and fed...

Just had a message from APHA to let us know that they have found a case of Bluetongue near Canterbury with a 10km temporary control zone in place.

most folk have had the vet perform a Caesarian on ewes from time to time without eye watering charges.The other day I took my six year old collie to be checked by the vet as she appeared to be in some discomfort as she approached her time.On checking her the vet advised a Caesarian was the...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland A Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) consultation on the culling of 4,000 badgers a year was ruled unlawful by the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland yesterday (Wednesday, October 25). The policy to allow...

Looking into and had a quote for a calf vent tubing system, to put in our calf rearing building, The shed in question is our old dairy building and being a stone barn struggle with pneumonia in it due to lack of air flow. anybody got experience with the tube systems and recommend them , did...

Hi all, I'm wanting to get my herd of pedigree lims into a health scheme for sale purposes. Just wondered what's involved and how to go about joining? Also does anyone have an idea of cost?

pressure on cattle farms around here would be huge ! https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/17/labour-promises-end-badger-cull-england?CMP=share_btn_tw

just been quoted £7-20/ dose🙄 is it really?

Have not had cattle for 30 years at home although done cattle work for others over the years . As some may recall , whole farm ( ex arable) is now herbal leys and old PP grass is now WD6 , wood pasture, 300 acs total , via a HLS scheme. Next spring will be buying in cattle ( not decided fully...

Precision fermentation which can make dairy protein without the cow! Seemingly cream cheese and ice cream being sold in the US now using this method! https://perfectday.com/...

made me smile , so they acknowledge magpies are killing songbirds , but we cant control them , much the same as the badger in their logo , you have to wonder what mindset these people have ...