Know How / Medicines

HEALTH AND WELFARE

Washing hands and wearing gloves while cleaning and disinfecting livestock trailers can help to reduce the spread of zoonotic pathogens as well as antimicrobial-resistant bacteria. Following government guidelines for cleaning…

DAIRY

Failure to adhere to vaccine protocols could prove to be an expensive mistake for dairy farms. Vet Sophie Prichard says such herds will not have optimal protection against disease and…

CALVING

Giving all heifers a pain relief injection after calving will help them through the transition process of joining the milking herd and thereby prevent metabolic issues and lameness. In the…

DAIRY

A Pembrokeshire dairy farming family have made significant strides in reducing their antibiotics use on-farm by using technology and working closely with their vet. Stephen and Daniel James, who farm…

DAIRY

The downside of a dairy herd with less than 5% mastitis is having to maintain a stock of in-date antibiotics. This is the case for the Hodginkson family, who run…

LIVESTOCK

In the two years that Dominic McKenzie has been farm manager at Long Lane Development Farm in Somerset, the antibiotics use has fallen by 60% at the calf-rearing unit that…

SHEEP

A structured approach to preventative vaccination in sheep has driven significant improvements in flock health, antibiotics use and cost efficiency – cutting lameness levels by 66%, among other benefits. This…

PIGS

Feeding piglets microbes from birth to support gut health can reduce scours, lower routine antibiotics use and improve average daily gain, research carried out at a commercial pig farm in…

HEALTH AND WELFARE

Sales of veterinary antibiotics have fallen to their lowest levels on record, according to research from the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (Apha). An…

HEALTH AND WELFARE

The UK pig industry has hit back at criticism over its use of antibiotics, following an investigation by animal rights groups which linked major food retailers to pork allegedly contaminated…

HEALTH AND WELFARE

The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD), the UK’s regulatory authority for veterinary medicines, has launched a strategy to address potential vaccine shortages working with the wider industry. The statement of intent,…

HUSBANDRY

A good injection technique prevents damage to valuable carcass cuts and reduces the risk of injury to livestock and the handler. If an injection is administered incorrectly or with a…

MEDICINES

Antimicrobial resistance, and specifically antibiotics resistance, are high on the agenda for animal agriculture and veterinary medicine. Government and industry targets have been set for antibiotics reduction and antibiotics use is…

US poultry integrator Sanderson Farms has said it will not phase out antibiotics from its farms, taking a position that runs contrary to many other similar companies in the USA.…