Nematodirus eggs are unique in that they can live on pasture for two years and survive freezing conditions.

Salmonella infection is a notifiable disease.

This infection is an occasional cause of poor fertility, abortion or the birth of weak lambs (‘hairy shakers’)

We would like to inform you that Intervet’s Bovilis BTV8 vaccine is now available to order in 20ml and 50ml bottles through your usual surgery.

 

A successful meeting was held on the 25^th February at Newton-on-the-Moor Village Hall. The evening took the format of four short presentations.

Summary

A nervous system disease most common in housed cattle and sheep during the winter.

Worming young cattle at turnout, an informative article by John Macfarlane

A frequent but preventable cause of loss in cattle and sheep

A severe cause of financial loss in cows, usually during the dry period.

 Caseous lymphadenitis (CLA) is a bacterial disease of sheep and goats characterised by abscesses in the lymph glands, which may be seen as lumps over the throat, and chronic wasting.

• 'Biosecurity' is the prevention of disease causing agents entering or leaving any place where farm animals are present (or have been present recently). It could make a real difference to keeping disease out of your farm.
• It requires thought regarding movement of animals, people or vehicles onto and around your land.

 

On 1st September the Northumberland/Cumbria protection zone (PZ) was declared allowing vaccination of ruminants against bluetongue. This also currently allows free movement of animals within England and Wales. Fat stock can move fairly easily to designated abattoirs in Scotland (free zone) under license. The license for moving any other stock to a free zone is more restrictive – see ‘moving stock’ below.

Bluetongue is a devastating disease – please read on.

Recent rises in milk prices have provided positive encouragement to consider how to put more litres in the bulk tank.  More recent hikes in overhead costs have complicated these considerations.  How to achieve more litres from the same (or preferably lower) input costs?

This infection is an occasional cause of poor fertility, abortion or the birth of weak lambs (‘hairy shakers’)
• It is caused by a virus in the same family as Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD)

In the UK, ‘Watery Mouth' (or more formally, E.coli enterotoxaemia) is a colloquial expression used to describe a collection of clinical signs in neonatal lambs. These signs include:

This infection is still the most common abortion diagnosis in sheep in the UK, despite an effective vaccine being available.· It is ZOONOTIC - people can become infected

This infection is 2nd most common abortion diagnosis in sheep and is a common cause of barren ewes. · It is ZOONOTIC - people can become infected and pregnant women should avoid contact with lambing sheep and cat faeces.

This infection causes scour in young calves and lambs, associated with moderate to heavy stocking.
· It is ZOONOTIC – people can become infected

The OCDS ends on 31st December 2008. This means that to be considered for OCDS compensation the animal must be presented and killed at an OCDS abattoir or presented dead at an OCDS disposal site by this date.

Vaccination will not be made compulsory on the grounds that do so would add inordinately to the logistics of the operation, increasing costs and time delays that would be unacceptable. Statisticians have calculated that an 80% take up would be necessary to control the

WARNING re. Salmonella abortion in ewes

Salmonella infection has been diagnosed in a flock as a cause of abortion.

Liver fluke (Fasciola) is an increasing problem in this area.
Affects any age of sheep - immunity does not develop with age (some does in cattle).

This infection has been diagnosed in a flock. It is a zoonotic disease (transmissible between sheep and humans). Please read and adhere to these directions: