Boehringer Ingelheim - maker of Bovela - has announced the results of the 3rd annual BVD Survey, which has found amongst other things that 85% of respondents hadn't restarted a vaccination course when most of them should have.

1,219 farmers took part…

David Barratt MRCVS, Professor of Bovine Medicine, Production and Reproduction at Bristol University and President-Elect of the BCVA, says that voluntary reductions in the use of Critically Important Antibiotics (CIAs) must be accelerated to future-proof…

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health has announced that its BRD vaccines, Bovalto Respi 3 and Bovalto Respi 4, are now licensed for use in pregnant cows.

Bovalto Respi 3 contains strains of parainfluenza virus 3, bovine respiratory syncytial virus and…

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health has launched Mind the Gap, an online tool for veterinary surgeons and farmers to collaboratively develop a bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) vaccination schedule which avoids immunity gaps.

The idea for an interactive vaccination…

Legislation to make CCTV cameras mandatory in slaughterhouses in England has been laid before Parliament by Environment Secretary Michael Gove.

The legislation will come into effect from May 2018, at which point businesses will have six months to comply…

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health has announced two new awards for veterinary surgeons which will be presented at the company's 2018 Expert Forum on Farm Animal Wellbeing in Sapporo, Japan (28th August - 1st September).

The Ruminant Wellbeing Achievement…

MSD Animal Health has launched Fridge Check, a new campaign urging farmers to check their farm fridge temperature and consult their veterinary surgeon about vaccine storage, after conducting research¹ in which not one of 17 farm fridges observed storing…

Researchers at The Pirbright Institute have developed a new method of genetically modifying the Marek’s disease vaccine so it is also able to protect against other destructive poultry viruses such as infectious bursal disease (IBD), avian influenza o…

The Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture Alliance (RUMA) has announced the launch of #ColostrumIsGold, a new campaign to promote the 'liquid gold' properties of colostrum in reducing the need for antibiotics in farm animals.

The campaign…

Zoetis has announced the EU launch of Suvaxyn PRRS MLV, a novel vaccine containing a modified live European Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) virus strain, grown in a unique cell line for whole herd protection against PRRS.

Suvaxyn…

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published an updated draft code of practice for the welfare of meat chickens and meat breeding chickens, following a consultation last year.

The draft code contains twenty recommendations…

A survey carried out by Envirosystems has found that farmers really care about and prioritise cow comfort and health.

The Envirobed cubicle bedding study found that cow comfort is farmers' number one priority, rated 'very important' by 89% and 'quite…

Veterinary researchers at the University of Nottingham have launched the Dairy Antimicrobial Usage (AMU) Calculator, a new tool to help UK veterinary surgeons and farmers monitor and reduce the use of antibiotics in dairy herds to help combat antimicrobial…

Veterinary imaging equipment provider BCF Technology has been acquired by IMV Technologies Group, a leader in animal reproduction technologies based in Normandy, France.

IMV says it has acquired BCF to widen its offering in the reproduction management…

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health has announced a change to the datasheet for Mamyzin, its antibiotic treatment for bovine mastitis.

The milk withdrawal has been reduced from 108 hours to 96 hours and the dose is now 15 mg/kg for three consecutive days…

MSD Animal Health has launched a new checklist-based tool to help veterinary surgeons engage productively with farmers over calf rearing issues.

The interactive checklist is designed to help practitioner and farmer to work closely together to draw up…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued new guidelines concerning the use of medically-important antimicrobials in food-producing animals, which have been welcomed by the British Veterinary Association.

The new guidelines strongly recommend an…

Following last week's news from Defra that sales of antibiotics for food-producing animals in the UK have dropped by 27%, comfortably beating the government target of 50mg/kg which was set following the 2016 O’Neill Review on Antimicrobial Resist…

A new study¹ published in Animal Welfare suggests that communication between veterinary surgeons and farmers about post-disbudding analgesia needs to be improved.

The study, which examined cattle farmers’ and veterinary surgeons' opinions of pain-induced…

James Kennedy MRCVS has been appointed as the Director of CVS' Farm Division, CVS Farm.

James qualified from Glasgow University in 2002 before joining Rosemullion Veterinary Practice, a mixed practice in Falmouth, Cornwall, of which he became a Director…

The BVA has welcomed Defra's announcement of new measures to eradicate bovine TB in England, but called for greater clarity over new cull licences.

Defra's new measures include:

• Eleven additional licences for badger control covering parts…

The number of animals killed without pre-stunning has risen sharply, according to analysis by the British Veterinary Association of the latest survey released by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).

According to the FSA figures, 24.4% (758,263) of sheep…

MSD Animal Health has announced that its Bovilis BVD vaccine has a new registered product claim to provide immunity for 12 months.

Andrew Montgomery, veterinary adviser for MSD Animal Health, says this is a very positive outcome for the industry: "It…

The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) has announced that Startect Dual Active Oral Solution (Zoetis), licensed for the treatment of mixed gastro-intestinal nematode infections and associated diseases in sheep, has been re-classified as POM-VPS, meaning…

The BVA and the BCVA have launched a joint position paper which states that calves should be routinely provided with appropriate analgesia alongside local anaesthesia to effectively manage pain during necessary veterinary and husbandry procedures.

The…