A new tool has been created to help farmers assess the potential economic risk or return for a farm considering vaccinating ...

Bluetongue disease - caused by infection with bluetongue virus, primarily spread by biting midges - affects sheep, cattle, llamas, alpacas, deer and goats, among others. It is a notifiable disease ...

Farmers are being urged to consider vaccinating their livestock against bluetongue serotype 3 (BTV-3), and to help with ...

“Bluetongue does not pose a threat to human health or food safety, but the disease can impact livestock farms, and damage animal and business productivity.” ...

The IFA's TJ Maher has said that Minister Heydon must have a clear plan in place to deal with an outbreak of bluetongue.

Bluetongue virus is an insect-borne disease that can affect all ruminants. While cattle are thought to be the main carriers of the disease, sheep are the most severely affected. It is a notifiable ...

These new instances of Newcastle disease bring the total number of poultry flocks in Poland to be struck by Newcastle disease ...

With animal disease now ravaging Europe - foot-and-mouth, bluetongue to name but two - Ireland’s opportunity beckons.

The IFA claims there has been ample time for the Minister and his Department to put comprehensive plans in place in the event ...

The recent foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Germany tells us that we all collectively need to be on the lookout for it.

FUW Brecon & Radnor Executive Officer, Kath Shaw, reflects on the growing challenges faced by Welsh farmers as lambing season ...