LATEST SCOUR MANAGEMENT SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR CALF REARERS TO FOCUS ON BOOSTING COLOSTRUM QUALITY  Poor colostrum management and low vaccination rates are the two main reasons why so many UK dairy and beef units continue to struggle with costly and debilitating calf scour problems... Image (Ref: MSD05 03/2)

ORF CONTROL CONCERNS EASED Farmer concerns about the availability of the Scabivax Forte orf vaccine this year have been eased with the positive news that ample stocks are now available...  (Ref: MSD04 10/1)

2011

NEW SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS  EXTENT OF PNEUMONIA THREAT  Nearly 60% of farmers have lost calves to pneumonia in the last year with over half seeing the disease in more than 5% of their youngstock... Image (Ref: MSD03 19/12)

TOXOVAX SUPPLIES RESUME  MSD Animal Health has announced that supplies of Toxovax, the sheep toxoplasmosis vaccine, will resume from 26th September 2011...  (Ref: MSD02 13/09

MOST DOMINANT CALF SCOUR PATHOGENS CAN BE CONTROLLED  Cryptosporidium parvum and rotavirus are the most dominant calf scour-causing organisms on UK cattle units, according to the latest published data from the MSD Animal Health ScourCheck scheme... (Ref: MSD01 05/9)

PRODUCERS URGED TO GAIN FULL VALUE FROM 2011 LAMB CROP   The benign March weather has been a godsend for many sheep units entering their peak lambing season, but producers must not become complacent if they are to gain full value from the new season lamb crop ... (Ref: ISP08 21/4)

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES HIGHLIGHT NEED TO ACT QUICKLY WHEN PNEUMONIA SYMPTOMS FIRST PRESENT   When cattle start showing visible pneumonia symptoms they could well have been suffering from the adverse effects of the disease for two days ...  (Ref: ISP07 25/2)

LATEST DIAGNOSTIC DATA HIGHLIGHTS THE WIDESPREAD NATURE OF UNNECESSARY SCOUR PROBLEMS   Too many UK calf units are suffering from costly and unnecessary scour outbreaks caused by extremely common infectious organisms ... (Ref: ISP06 15/2)

2010

SUBSIDISED DIAGNOSTIC SERVICE FOR BARREN EWES  With sheep scanning well underway in many parts of the country, farmers running a flock with a barren rate greater than 2% can  now ask for a subsidised flock blood test to establish whether the cause of the problem is toxoplasmosis... (Ref: ISP04 20/12)

FULLWOOD LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE TO IMPROVE CUSTOMER NAVIGATION   A new website, which provides clear and easy access to information about the very latest milking technologies has been launched by Fullwood... (Ref: Full45 20/12)

NATIONAL SCOUR SURVEY REVEALS HIGH DISEASE LEVELS AND INADEQUATE COLOSTRUM FEEDING REGIMES  Poor colostrum management and low vaccination rates are the two key factors contributing to high calf scour disease levels in the UK...  (Ref: ISP03 13/12)