Warm summer weather heightens the risk of flystrike.
Sheep production systems in New Zealand have adapted and evolved over the past 30 years to match the drivers of on-farm income.
Don't get caught with worms you can’t kill.
Facial Eczema (FE) is a production-limiting, potentially fatal disease that affects both sheep and cattle.
OSPRI – the government agency that manages animal disease and pest control in the farming industry – has taken over the day-to-day control of the Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) eradication programme.
Cattle can be infected with several species of roundworms when grazing pastures.
The Veterinary Council of New Zealand (VCNZ), which regulates veterinarians and sets standards to support responsible antimicrobial use among veterinarians, is in the throes of developing a new strategy to minimize the risk of Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in New Zealand animals.
In a normal year, lambs do not require a drench at docking/tailing.
Total sales of veterinary and horticultural antibiotics in New Zealand have decreased for a fifth year in a row, dropping by 23% in 2022.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand is seeking global partnerships as it works to revolutionise internal parasite management in the face of increasingly widespread drench resistance.
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