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Author Name: Will Frazer In the last couple of weeks there has been talk of uncertainty about investment in AD, innovative responses to the impacts of the dry spell, spiced up sheep and super cows...
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LIVESTOCK farmers needed for my dissertation research
http://www.survsoft.com/esurv.php?s=27170&k=12181-0-37306 Hello and Merry Christmas Everyone, I hope you have a brilliant Christmas celebration and a fantastic new year :) I need more livestock farmers for my online questionnaire (see link on the top of this page) in order to pass my dissertation...
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animal welfare research
on Sat, Dec 26 2009
Re: Need a recommendation for a book on Farming developments in last 100 years
A really important book to read is this one by Agricultural Policy Expert Dr. Richard North.... www.pighealth.com/agriculture.htm A very outspoken, down-to-earth and yet factual guide to UK farming and food in the 20th century.
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HolisticHealth
on Sat, Oct 31 2009
Re: MRSA - much ado about nothing?
It would be a grave mistake to dismiss consumer and FSA / public health authority concerns about MRSA as being the result of a conspiracy by ???not sure who you are suggesting here - Universities??? Public & NHS concern about MRSA has been fuelled by the meteoric rise in MRSA-associated deaths from...
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HolisticHealth
on Thu, Nov 13 2008
Re: MRSA risk to Farm Workers & Vets - too 'sterilised'?
It's an interesting point! Like everyone in farming, MRSA have to survive in a competitive environment. The reason they have evolved and are on the ascendent is due to their competitors being clobbered by antibiotics, leaving them most of the "environmental spoils" of nutrients and moisture...
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HolisticHealth
on Thu, Nov 13 2008
Re: The short life of bottles of Antibiotic- An additional cost
After qualifying as a vet in 1971, I joined the late Mike Muirhead's practice in Yorkshire and found myself wrestling with this very dilemna, how long can you keep using a bottle of antibiotic or other medication, particularly if its expensive and you don't need to use it very often. I quickly...
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HolisticHealth
on Tue, Sep 16 2008
Re: whats the best way to halter train cattle
Some quick tips on training a range of animals to do simple tasks can be found in the online video here: www.pighealth.com/MEDIA/P/BOOKS/pet.htm Question that arises is what would you give a cow as a quick reward? Pigs will work for raisins and horses for mints, but what do cows go crazy for?
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HolisticHealth
on Tue, Jun 17 2008
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