Project aims: 

• The mud snail Galba truncatula is the key intermediate host...

Dairy farmers are increasingly looking to robotic milking systems (AMS) for a number of different reasons and many industry experts believe that the availability and standard of dairy staff...

Keeping your pigs healthy, happy and productive depends on smallholders as well as farmers with larger pig units, following several straightforward measures. Implementing good biosecurity practices will help to prevent disease occurring - prevention is always better than cure.

Reducing...

Key Performance Indicators: 

• Target liveweight gain (kg LWG)
• Daily liveweight gain (kg DLWG)
• Heifer rearing cost (£)

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In this course you will learn about hydatid disease in sheep; how it is spread to the flock, what clinical signs you should look out for, and how to prevent transmission of the disease and treat it. 

AI is a technique for impregnating females with the semen of superior quality bulls without the need for keeping a bull. It has been most widely used for breeding dairy cattle and has made bulls of high genetic merit available...

Project aims

The main aim of the project is to demonstrate the transition from a set stocking system to a rotational grazing...

Project aims: 

• The mud snail Galba truncatula is the key intermediate host for liver and...

Project aim:

The main purpose of the project is to investigate the effects and...

Calf scour (diarrhoea) is the most common disease in pre-weaned calves, accounting for 50% of deaths. 

Scour can result in high economic losses, but can be controlled and prevented. 

Scour rates are often underestimated on farms, with up to 80%...