🐖🐄🐏Livestock farming is growing to meet rising demand, & this brings opportunity. But we need to protect our 🌎 & the environment. Find out about low-carbon livestock and how to make production more sustainable 👉bit.ly/3gsydFl

Flies cause 2 main problems for cattle. They act as vectors for a range of diseases eg summer mastitis and irritation leads to loss of productivity through reduced weight gain or milk yield. Read more in the COWS Guide bit.ly/3y0wEWa

Deadline is approaching for the Sheep Veterinary Soc conference in Cheltenham 20th-22nd Sept! Don't miss out! #teamsters vets, advisors, farmers Visit sheepvetsoc.org.uk for details. Please RT! Phillipa Page Fiona Lovatt FAVS BritishVets

Join us next week as Surita Sandosham hosts IBM Global Managing Director for Consumer Industries, Luq Niazi, for a live chat on the role of big tech in putting the power of information in the hands of smallholder farmers. → ms.spr.ly/6018X1F92

Bovine tuberculosis is one of the biggest challenges facing the UK cattle farming industry today. Facilities at the LARIF will enable research aiming to develop vaccines for bovine TB. CIELivestock JayneHope_civg #BovineTB #AnimalWelfare ow.ly/dskK50FPwj4

SCOPS - Quarantine advice for internal and external parasites Watch the press briefing here: ow.ly/1e9650G8OcY For more information visit the SCOPS website: ow.ly/pnD850G8OcX

Are #livestock always bad for the planet? Where does a focus on reducing livestock emissions leave pastoralists? Is the right data being used? On 27 Sept, 10.30-12.00 CET, join an online panel discussion of a major report by Pastoralism & Uncertainty Register: bit.ly/climate-livest…

The fourth edition of the #FMD Emergency Preparation Course for the UK started this week, with the opening speech delivered by @chiefvetuk, Defra UK. It also marks 20 years since the last FMD outbreak in #UK; reading again The Guardian article: bit.ly/3Czl1cy

Ongoing repeated use of the same active ingredient/wormer group or use of certain wormers at inappropriate times, may increase selection for anthelmintic resistance and the wormers won't work! Talk to the vet or RAMA to make sure you choose the right one #COWSAdvice #Rightwormer

Thank you to this amazing group of people for making the BAVP Annual Meeting so much fun! Thank you Queen's University Belfast 🎓 for hosting, Belfast has been very welcoming 😊 #BAVP2022

📽️#FAOSFS_MDT17 🇿🇦Food and Agriculture Organization #Veterinary_paraprofessional supports Sustainable Business in Animal Health Service Provision for the control of Foot and Mouth Disease 👉Training, methodology, Scope opportunities and interest for coordination and collaboration in key thematic areas

Come join us for a great opportunity working with a great group of people! TechCare @h2020smart

Where cattle are testing positive for liver fluke now, treating to reduce the number of eggs going onto pasture in spring can help reduce the challenge this coming autumn #thinkingahead

Has your spot changed colour yet?!🔴⚫️ Track the threat of nematodirus to YOUR flock with the ‘traffic lights’ on the SCOPS Nematodirus Forecast map🐑 More at scops.org.uk/nematodirus

Cattle Parasites has heralded the launch of its year-long #lungworm survey. Please spread the word to farmer clients and vets and complete the survey in the link below. We need as many contributors as possible to help tackle this parasite. Thank you!