Farm Blog

Blowfly strike occurs when living tissue is invaded by the larvae (maggots) of flies. Green bottle flies will invade undamaged skin and are...

APHA have diagnosed 2 cases of Nematodirosis from different regions of the UK, and we expect cases to rise as we see more warm weather. Susan...

The new Official Controls Regulation (OCR) will apply directly to the UK from 14th December 2019. The factsheet linked in this article outlines what will be changing for importers of third country animals, animal products, food and feed of non-animal origin, plants and plant products.

Temperatures during June 2018 rose well above average in some regions of Great Britain (GB), with the Meteorological Office recording well...

Bird Flu Detected in Wild Birds in Warwickshire Highly pathogenic H5N6 bird flu has been detected in wild birds in Warwickshire. This is the...

In the light of the deteriorating position of African Swine Fever in Eastern Europe and the risk of feeding scraps to pigs DEFRA/APHA have now...

Last year we highlighted this as a problem and we are already finding this issue again. We have had a few cases where an embryotomy has been...

SAC Consulting have released the following findings on calf suckling within the first 4 hours. For beef calves, ensuring good calf viability is...

Analysis of SAC data for the past 5 years shows that 92.5% of lead poisoning cases were diagnosed between April and September i.e. during the...

Removal of housing requirement in Higher Risk Areas from 13 April The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) have today announced https://www...