In this course you will learn about ewe nutrition during pregnancy and the metabolic diseases they are susceptible to during this time. 

Horned cattle are a major management problem on farm, causing significant risks for both handlers and other stock. Removing the horns has benefits for both humans and cattle. Over the long term, the best method of producing cattle without horns...

In this course we will look at:

Existing building-related issues on livestock management, health, and performance, assessment of existing buildings in an objective manner, consideration of existing building against design guides and prioritising potential improvements based on available time and money.

This course aims to help you understand the rational for introducing   the dynamic and interactive Animal Health Improvement Cycle (AHIC) as means for practicing the ‘prevention is better than cure’ mantra as part of animal health management. The idea...

Main Objectives

• Increase sustainability of the farm.
• Increase profitability of the farm to make the business more financially viable.
• Increase farm stocking density.

Rhiwgriafol Farm Facts

Demonstration Site Project

"Being a Farming Connect...

Project aims:

• Mastitis continues to be an important health problem on dairy farms and has a negative impact on cow health and production. There is a need to...

Johne's disease or paratuberculosis is greatly under-diagnosed in many UK sheep flocks. 

The disease is characterised by emaciation but not, as in cattle, chronic severe diarrhoea. Disease is encountered in all sheep husbandry systems, including extensively managed flocks. 

In many...

This course will look at the major risk factors for newborn lambs.

Maedi Visna (MV) and Caseous Lymphadenitis (CLA) are two “Iceberg” diseases of sheep. While the clinical presentation of these production-limiting diseases is mild, they often cause inefficiency through subclinical disease. The extent of the problem within a flock can be...

Genetic improvement is a powerful tool for improving animal agriculture sustainability because the results are permanent and cumulative. Unlike nutritional and animal health interventions, which require continuous inputs, genetic improvements are made in one generation are passed onto the next...