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 unlike…

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 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) (pictured…

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…

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 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 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. 

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 an estimated…

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 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 significant…

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…

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 and…

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’t…

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…

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 to…

Dechra will be hosting two 60 minute webinars to share best practice in pig deworming at 6:00pm on Tuesday 11th and Thursday 13 June.

The webinars will include a presentation by Peter Geldhof, Professor of Molecular Veterinary Parasitology at Ghent University…

Ceva Animal Health has announced that there will be a gap in supply of Cevac Chlamydia, its EAE (Enzootic Abortion of Ewes) vaccine, in June, July and August, due to a vaccine batch failure in the manufacturing process.

Roy Geary, regional director for Northern…

Virbac has launched the Multimin Focus Guide, an online platform to help vets educate their farmers on the importance of injectable trace minerals in the production cycle. 

Produced in association with Farmers Guardian, information in the guide includes…

IMV Technologies has launched BovIntel, billed by the company as a worldwide first in bovine ultrasound imaging which will boost dairy farm productivity and profitability through improved access to fertility information.

BovIntel is software which, alongside…

VetSalus has launched a sustainability course for farm vets.

“Livestock and Climate Change - A Veterinary Perspective” is an online learning course designed to give vets the confidence to make changes in their own work and the tools to support…

NoBACZ Healthcare, the wound protection company spun out from the University of Cambridge, has launched NoBACZ Navel, a novel, rapid-setting and long-lasting solution for navel dipping lambs and calves.

Developed in conjunction with Fiona Lovatt BVSc…

Elanco is hosting a webinar for vets about practical flock health management Wednesday 28th February at 12.30-2pm

During the webinar, panel contributors Fiona Lovatt (past president of Sheep Veterinary Society), Jenny Hull (Black Sheep Farm Health, Northumberland…

Virbac has announced that Bovigen Scour, its vaccine for the immunisation of pregnant cows and heifers to raise antibodies against E.coli F5 (K99), rotavirus and coronavirus, has had the shelf life on its SPC increased from 10 hours to 10 days. 

The broached…

Dechra has launched Cyclofin, an injectable single-dose solution for acute bovine respiratory disease (BRD) caused by oxytetracycline-sensitive Mannheimia (Pasteurella) haemolytica and Pasteurella multocida where an anti-inflammatory and anti-pyretic effect…

The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is hosting a webinar at 6:00pm tomorrow evening to update vets and other industry stakeholders about bluetongue and the current BTV-3 strain that has been confirmed in cases in cows and sheep in…