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Sheep
Sheep Management: lameness treatment, shearing delays and rush control
Darren Carty
The advice is to retain sheep with scald in footbath solution for 15 to 20 minutes when using a 10% zinc or copper sulphate-based solution.
21 April 2025 Management
New Mycoplasma Bovis vaccine launched
A new tool is available to dairy and beef farmers in their fight against the impacts of mycoplasma bovis disease. Aidan Brennan reports.
10 April 2025 News
Watch: farmer delivers triplet calves on Tipperary farm
The three Angus calves were a nice touch to mark Mother's Day on White's family farm in Mullinahone.
Dairy management: watch out for sick dairy cows as temperatures fluctuate
Variable weather with changing air temperatures is likely to be causing increased dairy cow health issues, writes Aidan Brennan.
24 March 2025 Management
Focus lambing: Dealing with an abortion storm
With supplies of the vaccine for enzootic abortion in tight supply last autumn some farmers who could not source required supplies are possibly facing a heightened risk
29 January 2025 Lambing
Electronic veterinary prescription database launched
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue made the announcement on Monday, which will see the new electronic national database begin to collect all veterinary prescriptions in Ireland.
13 January 2025 News
Farm inputs to check before Christmas holidays
Agri merchants, feed mills and vets will close for the Christmas holidays, so do a quick stock check now to make sure you don't run out of essential items next week.
17 December 2024 Management
Commissioner designate to incentivise animal welfare initiatives
The Hungarian commission nominee was speaking at the Committee of Environment, Public Health and Animal Welfare in Brussels on Wednesday.
7 November 2024 News
Change of behaviour required on sheep flock health
Antimicrobial resistance is becoming a growing problem with almost 5m deaths associated with drug resistant infections in 2019.
16 October 2024 Breeding & health
Consequences of antimicrobial resistance
"Animal Health Ireland rewarding farmers who are committing a sin" - Tom Hogan, Cloughjordan, Co Tipperary.
16 October 2024 Letters
New cattle vaccine for pneumonia strain
Adam Woods has new of a new pneumonia vaccine on the Irish market.
25 September 2024 Breeding & health
Farmers lose out again in veterinary medicines moves
The long running veterinary medicine bill was signed last year, but the statutory instrument to effect change was signed last week.
25 September 2024 Viewpoints