LivestockWestern Cape animal health director Dr Noluvuyo Magadla says broken cold chains, stressed animals, forgotten boosters and missing records undo more vaccination programmes than faulty products.
LivestockDr Dave Midgley of the Ruminant Veterinary Association of South Africa says subclinical illness quietly cuts wool, growth, milk and fertility, and that prevention and the right genetics cost far less.
LivestockSouth Africa's Agricultural Research Council has spent R81.7 million over 15 years on a planned foot-and-mouth vaccine factory but says construction cannot start until the full R1.6 billion cost is funded.
LivestockThe Veterinary Medicines Directorate warns that BTV-3 vaccines are prescription-only and cannot be passed between keepers, after reports of sales on social media, as confirmed bluetongue cases in Great Britain reach 3,338.
LivestockDiarrhoea, or scours, is one of the commonest killers of newborn lambs and kids. South African vets and farmers say clean kraals, colostrum within 12 hours and vaccination before birth are the best defence.
LivestockThe Welsh government will accept membership of Red Tractor, Pasture for Life and FAWL as evidence for the Measure and Plan steps of the Sustainable Farming Scheme's animal health cycle, cutting duplicated paperwork and vet costs.
LivestockThe Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board has appointed London Economics to update its assessment of the economic damage an African swine fever outbreak would do to Great Britain's pig sector, drawing on Spain's recent experience.
LivestockA Red Meat Industry Services adviser in South Africa sets out the everyday habits that keep cattle healthy: early disease detection, feeding and clean water, timed deworming and vaccination, quarantine and daily records.
LivestockThe FAO has recognised Utrecht University's veterinary faculty and Wageningen Bioveterinary Research as a joint reference centre for antimicrobial resistance, to support surveillance in animals and the food chain, guidelines, training and capacity building in low- and middle-income countries.
AgrotechSensor ear tags from Merck, 701x and Ceres Tag alert cow-calf producers to heat, calving and health problems; an Iowa couple say the system helped them breed more cows this year.
OpinionIn a Manitoba Co-operator column, veterinarian Roy Lewis argues that with strong cattle returns, producers should invest in calving cameras, better water, handling systems, vaccine coolers, fencing and animal-welfare products.
LivestockOwners of tick-infested Restricted Places in Queensland's tick-free zone must begin a 26-week treatment programme now or face movement limits until mid-2028, with a 25% acaricide subsidy available.
LivestockAgriSearch says DAERA has likely underestimated what herd breakdowns cost farmers and needs up-to-date badger numbers, as a consultation on culling, test-vaccinate-or-remove and vaccination is extended to 9 October.
