Displaying items by tag: animal health

Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) is reminding farmers to protect themselves, their families and stock as cases of Salmonella and Leptospirosis rise in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle.

A Taranaki couple that took an unconventional route into dairy farming is proving there is more than one way to blaze a trail.

Probiotics can be used to help with mastitis and lameness issues facing flood-ravaged farms, claims Chris Collier, Probiotics Revolution.

New Zealand Animal Evaluation Ltd (NZAEL) says changes to fertility estimated breeding value (EBV) will provide more accurate information to dairy farmers and artificial breeding companies ahead of the next mating season.

Tru-Test Active Collars have proven to be a game changer for many Australian and New Zealand farms since launching earlier this year.

Farmers grazing dairy heifers are being encouraged to download a new factsheet to help them manage worms.

Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) is reminding farmers to protect their families and livestock as cases of Salmonella and Leptospirosis rise in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle.

Barry Flynn milks a 620-strong Friesian herd on 195ha in Methven, New Zealand.

CRV says sales of its sexed semen and dairy beef jumped by more than 40% last year as New Zealand dairy farmers change their genetics buying behaviour to help mitigate increasing regulatory and financial challenges.  

There are eight different worm species that have varying effects on the health of our sheep – excluding liver fluke and lung worm.