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A deadly viral disease which broke out in Tanzania earlier this year risks spreading to Southern Africa, posing a mortal threat to more than 50 million sheep and goats in 15 countries, the FAO (Food and Agricultural Organisation of the UN) has warned.
Speaking at the Two-Tonne Sow (2TS) Focus on Breeding events, Dutch pig expert Dr Nicoline Soede showed how removing stress in gilts and sows is key to good reproductive performance.
Wales' Rural Affairs Minister, Elin Jones, is urging animal keepers and owners to respond to the Assembly Government's consultation on new proposals to control TB in camelids, goats and deer before it closes on 11 November.
A major national exercise involving Animal Health, Defra, the Scottish Government, the Welsh Assembly Government and key operational partners, is to test Government's ability to deal with a significant outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD).
Investigations are currently being undertaken by DARD officials in Northern Ireland in relation to alleged incidents where herds have been deliberately infected with Brucellosis.
Follow up visits to advise cattle keepers how they can improve biosecurity on their farms are being offered in the bovine TB Intensive Action Area (IAA) in west Wales.
The BVA has said it is pleased and relieved with the majority of Defra's quango reforms but would like to ensure that animal welfare is not affected by these cuts.
Farmers and food processors only have a few weeks left to put forward ideas and solutions to get rid of red tape. The public consultation for the Farming Regulation Task Force is due to end on 31 October 2010.
Animal Health is urging livestock keepers with land bordering two watercourses in Northumberland to be aware of the risk to their animals from a pollution incident, and is urging them to take action to protect the health of their animals.
The VLA is reminding farmers that liver fluke infection will still be a risk to their cattle this autumn and winter and urging them to use the VLA's Herdsure Cattle Health Improvement Service.
