Animal health

Debudding calves under sedation benefits the animal and the farmer

Work never frightened any farmer and is an accepted part of the job, but labour is an issue on many farms.

NEWS 1 April 2026

Debudding calves under sedation benefits the animal and the farmer

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What you need to know about new TB testing changes

What you need to know about new TB testing changes

NEWS 30 March 2026

Bluetongue vaccine should be added to more schemes – ICMSA

Bluetongue vaccine should be added to more schemes – ICMSA

NEWS 27 March 2026

Bluetongue vaccination added to sheep and beef schemes

Bluetongue vaccination added to sheep and beef schemes

Bluetongue vaccination added to sheep and beef schemes

BREEDING & HEALTH 25 March 2026

New research claims to back up TB trading controls

New research claims to back up TB trading controls

New research claims to back up TB trading controls

NEWS 25 March 2026

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Bluetongue vaccination an option in 2026 beef and sheep welfare schemes

Bluetongue vaccination an option in 2026 beef and sheep welfare schemes

Beef farmers in the scheme will have to choose whether to vaccinate for bluetongue or clostridial diseases or calf pneumonia.

NEWS 11 March 2026

Department warning over lead poisoning in cattle

Department warning over lead poisoning in cattle

Farmers are urged to carefully check their fields and hedgerows for sources of lead such as old car batteries before turning cattle out to pasture and before making silage this spring.

NEWS 11 March 2026

UFU lobby MLAs at Stormont event

UFU lobby MLAs at Stormont event

The theme of this year’s NI farm family day at Stormont was about building resilience in farming.

NORTHERN IRELAND 11 March 2026

Beef HealthCheck reports – 10 years on

Beef HealthCheck reports – 10 years on

Dr Nataschua Meunier takes a look back at the Beef HealthCheck programme and how it has evolved over the last 10 years.

BREEDING & HEALTH 11 March 2026

Farmer Writes: the Shared Island TB project

Farmer Writes: the Shared Island TB project

Pilot TB project will operate across a defined study area covering northeast Donegal and northwest Northern Ireland

FARMER WRITES 11 March 2026

Farmers advised to vaccinate for blackleg

Farmers advised to vaccinate for blackleg

The Department’s animal health surveillance programme recommends contacting your vet for the best blackleg vaccination procedure for your farm.

NEWS 11 March 2026

Positive signs of lower BVD prevalence

Positive signs of lower BVD prevalence

Programme results for the first nine weeks of 2025 show the number of BVD-positive animals reducing from 134 head to 93 head

NEWS 11 March 2026

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BVD – the silent risk that still remains

Irish farmers have made remarkable progress in the fight against bovine viral diarrhoea. Since 2013, the number of persistently infected calves has fallen from over 16,000 to 485 in 2024.

BVD – the silent risk that still remains

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