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Subarctic plant fungus identified further south than expected

There have been reports of a plant disease normally found in subarctic climates affecting plants as far south as Herefordshire. The fungus Sclerotinia Subarctica has been identified for the first time in the UK in buttercups and carrots. University of Warwick plant scientists identified the disease...

Posted to The Agri Blog (Weblog) by fordtractor7740 on Thu, May 17 2012
Re: Sodium lights need to be changed for led grow lights

Yes you are right, the USA are already investing heavily in LED grow light technology, we ourselves have Universities testing our lights with outstanding results so we need to educate the British growers and help them to save money, increase crop yields and dramatically reduce their carbon footprint...

Posted to Crop comments (Forum) by Lightman on Mon, May 14 2012
Crop Doctor: Live coverage from trial plots across the UK

This Friday (30 March), Farmers Weekly arable reporter Adam Clarke is making a 700 mile whistle-stop round trip of four trial sites on the same day to get a handle on the disease situation as we enter the key spraying season. The four sites are Long Sutton (Lincolnshire), Cawood (Yorkshire), Callow ...

Posted to Crop comments (Forum) by Clarkee12 on Tue, Mar 27 2012
Game Birds - Developments this week

Have you seen the FSA news release this week?.... "Gamekeepers across the UK are reminded of their responsibilities for ensuring animal feed is safe for food-producing animals and for carrying out recordkeeping correctly. Food Standards Agency guidance is available, explaining the requirements of...

Posted to Poultry Platform (Forum) by HolisticHealth on Fri, Feb 4 2011
Testing for Johne’s disease.

A new test will become available shortly which will increase the detection rate earlier post infection for Johne’s disease. A research group at the Meridian Research Institute have developed a test for Johne’s disease which yields less false positives and earlier post infection detection of the disease...

Posted to Cows 365 Blog (Weblog) by cows365 on Tue, Jan 11 2011
Re: poorly chicken

Hi again! Only a minority of birds with Marek's will show the eye form. Certainly sounds like Marek's from what you say and poor reflexes. It is generally assumed that in a case like this there is nothing you can do - the disease will progress. However I did once have recovery success with a...

Posted to Poultry Platform (Forum) by HolisticHealth on Sun, Dec 12 2010
Re: Free Range Egg production - is Brachyspira a problem?

Good luck with your survey, Luke, Free Range Egg production is definitely on the up and up! However, UK Vet David Burch has this month posed the question "Brachyspira – is it Spiralling out of Control?" in a new [Nov. 2010] online review at: www.octagon-services.co.uk/poultry.htm What is the...

Posted to Poultry Platform (Forum) by HolisticHealth on Tue, Nov 23 2010
High empty cow rate due to severe outbreak of IBR

On calls today outside County Waterford with a client with a very high empty rate and identified that first and second lactation cows were the principal offenders. The client informed me that the animals suffered from severe outbreak of IBR. The youger animals in the herd would succumb faster to a disease...

Posted to Cows 365 Blog (Weblog) by cows365 on Thu, Sep 23 2010
Re: Causes of Egg-Drop

An increasingly common cause of egg-drop in free-range flocks is Brachyspira infection [ Avian Intestinal Spirochaetosis (AIS)] In a survey in the UK of 222 commercial layer, pullet and breeder farms 74% of the flocks were positive and 25% were associated with the pathogenic strains. When this was broken...

Posted to Poultry Platform (Forum) by HolisticHealth on Wed, Aug 18 2010
Mycoplasma Infections in Turkeys

Turkey-farming forum members may be interested in a new online illustrated review of"Treating and Controlling Mycoplasma Infections in Turkeys"... See www.octagon-services.co.uk/poultry.htm Extract.. The major mycoplasma infections in turkeys are Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG), M. synoviae ...

Posted to Poultry Platform (Forum) by HolisticHealth on Tue, Jan 12 2010

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