Displaying items by tag: animal health

While unrecorded in New Zealand, Bluetongue, an acute viral disease in ruminants, is endemic in tropical and sub-tropical climates.

Michael and Cherie Berkers’ Holstein Friesian herd exemplifies how breeders can consistently develop successful cow families by seizing opportunities for improvement year after year.

A new collaboration is underway to improve the genetic links between the New Zealand and Nordic Jersey cattle populations.

Improving lamb survival rates is a key focus for New Zealand farmers, especially this time of year.

Major steps are underway to improve the quality of dairy beef calves.

The worm challenge for sheep and beef farmers is increasing as the warm, moist weather of spring and early summer arrives.

As demand for sexed semen soars, CRV is encouraging dairy farmers to take full advantage of it by using it on the top quartile of their herds.

FIL has launched a new online survey to gain valuable insights into the challenges dairy farmers face in meeting their milk quality and mastitis prevention goals.

Lambing is now well advanced around much of New Zealand, including in areas where drought-like conditions are presenting real challenges for farmers, on top of a poor run of prices for their product.

New Zealand farmers could have access to low methane elite genetics by 2026.