facial eczema

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Wednesday, 02 March 2022 13:55

Conditions ripe for a potential FE outbreak

Facial eczema could potentially become a problem in the coming weeks for dairy farmers.

Conditions are ripe for facial eczema to become a problem for dairy farmers in the coming weeks, says James Allen, AgFirst.

Published in Farm Health

Thursday, 24 February 2022 12:55

Warnings out on FE

FE could be a problem in two or three weeks time, so farmers are urged to keep a really close watch on spore count levels and start zinc treatment right now.

Conditions are ripe for facial eczema to become a problem for dairy farmers in the coming weeks, says James Allen, AgFirst.

Published in Farm Health

Thursday, 03 February 2022 12:55

Summer strikes on the cards

The clinical signs of FE are obvious, but it is generally accepted that for every obvious clinically-affected animal, ten others will have sub-clinical effects.

A warning has been issued to farmers about the dangers right now of both facial eczema and flystrike.

Published in Farm Health

Thursday, 27 January 2022 09:55

Managing FE - not just about zinc

Facial eczema is chronic toxicity caused by the ingestion of spores from pasture and their conversion into sporidesmin in blood.

Published in Management

Friday, 17 December 2021 06:55

It's time to keep an eye out for FE in your herd

Not all animals affected show physical signs of FE and it’s estimated for every clinical case there will be 10 cows with subclinical FE.

Facial eczema (FE) is a disease which causes lowered production, skin irritation and peeling and sometimes death.

Published in Farm Health

Friday, 16 July 2021 07:55

Promising early results for facial eczema test

B+LNZ's Dan Brier believes a simple laboratory test would revolutionise FE testing in New Zealand.

Early results from a pilot study investigating the potential for a laboratory test to determine facial eczema (FE) tolerance are positive, paving the way for more detailed investigation.

Published in Farm Health

Thursday, 08 July 2021 09:55

New tools to tackle facial eczema

LIC is developing a milk based diagnostic test to give farmers early insight into the facial eczema status of their herd before clinical signs are apparent.

Herd improvement co-operative LIC says it is developing new methods to help farmers tackle facial eczema, a disease which is costing the dairy industry around $30 million in lost production each year.

Published in Farm Health

Friday, 21 May 2021 06:55

Urgent need for facial eczema research funding

AgResearch's Axel Heiser is endeavouring to get support for a proposal that would see a range of research projects undertaken to deal with FE.

Farmers rate facial eczema (FE) in their top three animal health concerns, yet there is currently no new research being undertaken to combat the problem.

Published in Farm Health

Friday, 23 April 2021 06:55

Keeping FE at bay

Breeding for increased tolerance to FE should be the first line of defence.

Facial Eczema (FE) is caused by spores of a fungus growing on the litter in the base of the sward.

Published in Farm Health

Thursday, 11 February 2021 11:55

High FE spore counts recorded

Beef + Lamb NZ's Will Halliday says things could be shaping this season as a bad year for FE.

Facial eczema (FE) spore counts in some parts of the country are particularly high for this time of year and Beef + Lamb New Zealand is urging farmers to be extra vigilant.

Published in Farm Health