Displaying items by tag: animal health

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. 

The main sheep health problems that cause loss of weight and death are facial eczema (FE), worms and pneumonia.

2023 junior cattle judging superstar Annie Gill didn’t let nerves get in the way of her success at the NZ Dairy Event last month.

The Mycoplasma bovis Programme claims to be making good progress towards the eradication of the disease from New Zealand.

International research has confirmed that feeding probiotics, pre and post calving, has a material positive impact on the incidence of clinical mastitis, claims Chris Collier, agricultural scientist and founder of Probiotic Revolution.

The campaign to eradicate cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis could soon be handed over to Ospri.

The vagaries of the weather pose challenges for animals, as well as people. Work by Massey University researcher and senior lecturer in sheep production, Dr Rene Corner-Thomas, has come up with a novel way of how farmers can help their stock. Peter Burke reports...