Farm Animal Veterinary News

    Webinar to explore barriers to cryptosporidiosis and calf scour control

    MSD is hosting a free one-hour webinar which will explore the clinical and practical challenges vets face when recommending vaccination as part of a wider scour control programme, at 4pm on Wednesday 3rd September 2025 The webinar, which is exclusively...

    New Bluetongue vaccine needs half the dose in cattle

    Virbac has announced that the Bluetongue vaccine, Syvazul BTV 3, that the company distributes, has been granted a marketing authorisation in Great Britain for use in cattle and sheep, with a reduced dose in cattle. The company says the main breakthrough...

    Julia Lee named Young Farm Vet of the Year 2025

    Hui Pin (Julia) Lee, associate vet at Crowshall Veterinary Services, Attleborough, Norfolk, has been named Zoetis Young Farm Vet of the Year 2025. Julia, who came to the UK in 2016, graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in 2021. She then completed...

    New solution for anthelmintic resistance testing in sheep

    VetDX, a UK-based provider of digital tools for livestock diagnostics and health planning, has launched a new end-to-end solution for anthelmintic resistance monitoring in sheep. The solution is designed to streamline Animal Health and Welfare Pathway...

    Nobacz to host free udder cleft dermatitis webinar

    NoBACZ Healthcare is hosting a free, one-hour webinar ‘Udder Cleft Dermatitis: what we know and what we don’t (yet)’ at 7pm on Thursday 3 rd July. The webinar will be presented by Will Gratwick BVSc MMedVet MRCVS (pictured), veterinary surgeon at LLM...

    New range of rapid molecular diagnostic tests for cattle, sheep and goats

    Enalees has launched Rhéa, a range of rapid molecular diagnostic tests for cattle, sheep and goats. Unlike traditional PCR tests, Rhea molecular diagnostic tests need no lab equipment, allowing them to be used directly in the field. The first panel...

    Vets are urged to reassess the approach to neonatal calf diarrhoea

    MSD Animal Health is urging vets to reassess their approach to managing neonatal calf diarrhoea, following new evidence showing a rise in resistance to paromomycin. The March 2025 Cattle Highlights Report from the Royal GD in the Netherlands has revealed...

    Bultavo 3 vaccine gets UK approval against bluetongue serotype 3 in sheep and cattle

    Boehringer Ingelheim's Bultavo 3 bluetongue vaccine has been given provisional UK marketing authorisation by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate. The Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) has also granted a marketing authorisation in exceptional...

    CVS launches graduate farm vet exchange programme

    CVS is launching a New Graduate Farm Vet Exchange Programme to give young vets with up to two years’ experience the chance to spend time at another farm practice to develop their skills. Launching this spring, CVS says it's the only programme of its...

    Farm placements for undergraduates open for applications

    VetPartners has opened applications for its Farm Academy, which offers an on-farm placement opportunity for fourth and final year veterinary students in June. Launched in 2023 to address the growing need for skilled farm vets, the VetPartners Farm...

    New gel barrier for livestock.

    NoBACZ Healthcare has launched Ambugreen, a waterproof and antibiotic-free gel barrier for livestock. The new gel is made from natural resin combined with zinc salts which NoBACZ says provides both physical and microbial protection. NoBACZ says that...

    Vets encouraged to promote EAE vaccination as Cevac Chlamydia comes back in stock

    Ceva has announced that its enzootic abortion of ewes (EAE) vaccine, Cevac Chlamydia, is back in stock after supply challenges last year and vets are being encouraged to promote EAE vaccination to farmers for ewe lambs and shearlings. The company says...

    IVC gives cow behaviour training to help vets and farmers spot the signs of illness

    IVC Evidensia Farm Vets is rolling out a new training programme across all its UK practices to help vets and farmers better understand cow behaviour signals, with the aim of improving welfare and productivity. Led by Navaratnam Partheeban (Theeb) ...

    Devon-based vet struck off for dishonest certification of cattle tests

    Brian Cullen Bowles has been struck off by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee after he was found to have put public health at risk by dishonestly certifying cattle test results. Mr Bowles faced four charges, but did not respond to the College's notification...

    Study shows benefits of using NoBACZ Navel in lambs

    A study carried out by Fiona Lovatt FRCVS, an RCVS and European-recognised specialist in sheep health and production and past president of the Sheep Veterinary Society has demonstrated the benefits of treating lambs’ navels with navel protection solution...

    Virbac announces arrival of bluetongue vaccine

    Virbac has been appointed as the exclusive distributor of Syvazul BTV3, a bluetongue vaccine made by Spanish pharmaceutical company, Syva, the first doses of which have already arrived in the UK. The announcement came hot on the heels of announcements...

    Ceva's new bluetongue vaccine to be available from mid-October

    Ceva Animal Health has announced that Bluevac-3, its new bluetongue (BTV-3) vaccine, will be available from mid-October. Bluevac-3 is an inactivated injectable vaccine indicated for the active immunisation against BTV-3 for use in sheep and cattle...

    You're nicked: new project to identify canine livestock killers

    A team at Liverpool John Moores University has developed Early Evidence Kits to help with the collection of dog DNA from attacked livestock so that irresponsible dog owners can be held accountable. According to the NFU, last year farm animals worth...

    Will Balhatchet named Young Dairy Vet of the Year 2024

    Will Balhatchet MRCVS from The George Farm Vets in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, has been named as Virbac's Young Dairy Vet of The Year. Nominated by a colleague, Will graduated and joined the practice in 2021, having previously worked as a dairy herdsperson...

    Elanco calls on vets to lead on sheep worm control

    Elanco is calling on vets to engage with sheep farmers about effective worm control programmes as significant shifts in farming subsidies squeeze farm profitability. With 2024 support payments for farmers in England now at half former levels and...

    Boehringer Ingelheim gets UK permit for new vaccine against bluetongue virus

    DEFRA has granted a permit allowing the use of Bultavo 3, Boehringer Ingelheim's new vaccine against bluetongue virus serotype 3 in sheep and cattle. The current strain of bluetongue emerged in the Netherlands in 2023 and spread rapidly, infecting...

    Cevac Chlamydia supplies dried up till October at least

    Ceva Animal Health has announced its EAE (enzootic abortion of ewes) vaccine, Cevac Chlamydia, will not be available as anticipated in September for the main 2024 vaccination season. There had already been a gap in supply of the vaccine between June...

    Esme Chapman wins Young Farm Vet of the Year Award

    Yorkshire poultry vet Esme Chapman has won the Young Farm Vet of the Year Award 2024. Esme grew up in Birmingham and spent much time in her teenage years working at the Domestic Fowl Trust caring for a range of rare breed poultry. She said: "I didn...

    Vets encouraged to talk to farmers about benefits of using NSAIDs in dairy cows

    Ceva Animal Health is calling on vets to talk to dairy farmers about the role of NSAIDs after hosting a conference at which many vets said they assumed that farmers know what NSAIDs are, but at the same time reported that even proficient and knowledgeable...

    New AI system to detect respiratory disease in pigs earlier

    Boehringer Ingelheim has launched SoundTalks, an AI device which listens to and analyses the frequency and intensity of pigs coughing, allowing for the earlier detection of respiratory disease. Each SoundTalks device has a microphone which covers up...
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