Livestock News

A recent survey by the Wales Veterinary Science Centre (WVSC) highlights the risk of serious losses to the sheep industry if iceberg diseases are not brought to the fore in disease management programmes. 

Claims have been circulating on social media that a majority of meat in UK supermarkets is halal, with concerns over the proportion of animals slaughtered without prior stunning.

The Muck Free Truck campaign relaunches this October with a bold new ‘Muck Off!’ slogan to strengthen biosecurity across the UK pig industry and reduce the risk of disease spread through contaminated transport vehicles. 

Livestock farmers have been urged to be extremely vigilant after two cases of bluetongue virus (BTV-3) were confirmed in Wales.

75 pigs were killed in an agricultural building fire in Cookley, East Suffolk, this morning.

With ewe and ram sales in full swing, farmers are being reminded of the importance of effective quarantine protocols – not only to protect their existing flocks but also their new purchases.

Neogen’s range of cleaners and disinfectants is entering a new chapter as it becomes Quat Chem, part of the Kersia Group. 

The Food Standards Agency has released an update on the investigation into the botulism outbreak that resulted in the deaths of more than 700 cattle.

New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) on the effectiveness of sedation and its potential health impacts following calf disbudding has identified a link to reduced growth rates after the procedure. The findings will help veterinary practitioners make more informed decisions and strengthen best practice in animal welfare. 

An early-stage review of the UK Dairy Cattle Welfare Strategy 2023–2028 has highlighted reduced lameness, improved udder health, and greater cow comfort as key outcomes.

The feed industry has urged livestock producers to carefully consider their feed requirements through to late spring 2026 and to discuss these with their feed suppliers at the earliest opportunity.

A woman from Willington, Derbyshire, has been banned for a year from taking dogs onto agricultural land after her dog attacked and injured 25 sheep.