The country is in the tail end of the Mycoplasma bovis outbreak, according to the Government.
Cobalt (as vitamin B12) and selenium are well recognised as essential trace elements for successful sheep farming in NZ.
A new report from the Regulations Review Committee has recommended a review of how secondary legislation is developed under the Animal Welfare Act 1999.
In the past year, farmers using MyOSPRI have created just over 15,000 electronic farm-to-meatprocessor and 1300 farm-to-farm Animal Status Declarations (ASDs).
Drench resistance is common.
Ewes' feeding requirements increase in the latter stages of pregnancy and even more so during lactation.
A man who allowed his ram’s horn to grow into its face, pushing its eye out, has been banned from owning stock animals for five years.
Beef + Lamb NZ is advising farmers in Southland, Taihape and Hawke’s Bay to be on the lookout for diarrhoea and sudden death in their ewes as reported cases of Salmonella Hindmarsh rise.
Researchers at the University of Queensland are investigating ways to lift the low success rate of artificial insemination (AI) in sheep.
The world authority on animal health has elevated the Ministry for Primary Industries’ (MPI’s) Animal Health Laboratory (AHL) to the top tier of expertise in 2 major honey bee diseases.
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