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A common issue affecting pre-weaned dairy calves, rumen drinking can have significant impacts on calf performance and in severe cases can result in death

A Lancashire dairy farmer has significantly reduced calf scours, mortality, and antibiotic use by vaccinating cows in late pregnancy against cryptosporidium parvum

The Government has imposed livestock bans on Germany, Hungary, Slovakia and now Austria

The Welsh Government has announced the next steps in tackling antimicrobial resistance in animals, which will include £2 million of new funding and the establishment of a new expert advisory group

A Farming Connect-funded Welsh study has identified two bacterial pathogens as the principal causes of mastitis in commercial sheep flocks

Slovakia has joined Germany and Hungary in losing its foot-and-mouth free status

A rapid treatment response for lame cows in between scheduled hoof trimmer visits can pay dividends

Dairy farmers are being encouraged to gradually transition cows to grazed grass at turnout to avoid a drop in milk yields and compromised rumen health

Defra has placed a ban on cattle, pigs, sheep and deer from entering the UK from Hungary and Slovakia following a confirmed case of the disease last week

Hungary now joins Germany in losing its foot-and-mouth disease free status