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EU identifies 'serious defects' in French GM rat study

EU identifies 'serious defects' in French GM rat study
29-11-2012 09:48 AM | Animal Health, Arable, Cereal, Crops, Husbandry News, News, Organic, Veterinary News
EU identifies 'serious defects' in French GM rat study
The European Union's food safety watchdog has identified 'serious defects' in the research undertaken by French scientists who said rats fed on a GM d...
05-07-2012 15:47 PM | Poultry Husbandry, Veterinary News, Animal Health, Husbandry News, News
MEPs call for greater animal welfare enforcement
The European Parliament has called for better enforcement of current legislation on animal welfare and the adoption of a 'science-based' framework on ...
25-04-2012 07:16 AM | Veterinary News, Husbandry News, Animal Health, News
Climate change poses malaria risks
There were about 216 million cases of malaria and an estimated 655,000 deaths in 2010, according to the World Malaria Report 2011. Malaria mortalit...
13-04-2012 14:03 PM | Veterinary News, Husbandry News, Animal Health, Dairy, Cattle, News
New research launched into neglected cattle diseases
Four European academic research groups, together with Pfizer Animal Health, have forged a new research consortium to combat uterine disease - a proble...
06-04-2012 08:10 AM | Veterinary News, Husbandry News, Animal Health, Machinery and Spares, Pigs, News
JSR launch ’Faster Finishing’ Boar
Pig and Poultry Fair 2012 will see the launch of a keenly anticipated new Sireline, the ’faster finishing’ JSR Geneconverter 800m Boar, by...
02-04-2012 12:13 PM | Veterinary News, Husbandry News, Animal Health, Feed and Forage, News
Bee health a top priority, says crop protection boss
Rejecting calls for a ban on certain insecticidal seed treatments, the crop protection industry has moved to highlight the regulatory controls and ste...
28-03-2012 12:43 PM | Veterinary News, Husbandry News, Animal Health, Livestock Equipment, News
Inspectors deployed at ports for first time in decades
RSPCA inspectors were at a UK port today for the first time in more than a decade to check the welfare of hundreds of calves and sheep being shipped a...
22-03-2012 16:35 PM | Veterinary News, Husbandry News, Animal Health, News
RSPCA pledges zero tolerance to welfare breaches at ports
The RSPCA’s new chief executive, Thanet Council and Compassion in World Farming have all pledged zero tolerance to breaches of animal welfare or...
22-03-2012 07:37 AM | Veterinary News, Husbandry News, Feed and Forage, Animal Health, Pigs, Livestock Equipment, News
New pig welfare standards ’must be enforced’
New rules for the pig industry are intended to create a more-even set of welfare standards across Europe and stop some farmers - such as those in Brit...
20-03-2012 17:28 PM | Veterinary News, Husbandry News, Feed and Forage, Animal Health, Property News, News
Organisations attack Welsh stance on badger cull
Veterinary associations, the CLA and the NFU have expressed enormous disappointment at the backwards step being taken by the Welsh Government, which h...
20-03-2012 17:05 PM | Veterinary News, Husbandry News, Feed and Forage, Animal Health, Property News, News
New vet meds scheme makes online buying safer for farmers
Farmers can have more confidence in buying livestock medicines online after NFU lobbying resulted in the launch of a new accreditation scheme for vet ...
06-03-2012 16:51 PM | Veterinary News, Husbandry News, Feed and Forage, Animal Health, Poultry, News, Poultry Veterinary
Minister bans movement of battery eggs
Minister of State for Agriculture and Food, James Paice MP, has confirmed that eggs being produced in barren battery cages across the EU, and egg prod...
21-02-2012 13:19 PM | Veterinary News, Husbandry News, Animal Health, Husbandry Advice, News
Risk-based regulation 'right direction' for farming
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) supports Defra’s response to the Farming Regulation Task Force aimed at reducing the burden of red tape...
25-01-2012 18:24 PM | Veterinary News, Husbandry News, Animal Health, Husbandry Advice, News
Enforcement essential to EU welfare success - Vets
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has broadly welcomed the European Commission’s new Animal Welfare Strategy but urges the Commission to ...
20-01-2012 10:28 AM | Husbandry News, Produce, Finance, News
Market Report - 20/01/2012
GRAIN MARKETS - Jonathan Lane, Trading Manager WHEAT The Canadian wheat board sees smaller 2012/13 global wheat crop at 677mln/t, and the outlook ...
11-04-2011 12:46 PM | Husbandry News, Diversification, Products, Finance, Machinery and Spares, Top Tips, News, Renewable Energy
Small Wind Turbines Information Revolution: Owners Can Now Manage Turbines from the Pub
World leading Small Wind turbine manufacturer Gaia-Wind today launched a revolution for turbine owners: the ability to monitor production from home, i...
04-01-2011 13:03 PM | Husbandry News, Arable, Cereal, LAMMA, Crops, Machinery and Spares, News
High performance chemical container wash nozzle
Britain’s leading manufacturer of specialist spraying accessories and equipment will launch a unique chemical container rinsing nozzle at the LA...
20-12-2010 16:31 PM | Husbandry News, Cereal, Arable, Machinery and Spares, Crops, News
Hypro EU reveals unique spray nozzle at LAMMA 2011
The GuardianAIR Twin air inclusion nozzle being launched at LAMMA 2011 is a new concept in crop spraying nozzle design that produces two low-drift spr...
18-11-2010 12:40 PM | NFU, Veterinary News, Husbandry News, News
Potential amendments to EU bluetongue directive
Farmers in the UK will potentially be able to protect their livestock from Bluetongue using preventive vaccination within a Bluetongue free area for t...
16-11-2010 12:01 PM | Veterinary News, Husbandry News, News
UK farmers need to act now on liver fluke
The National Disease Information Service (NADIS) has warned of the risk of liver fluke disease in parts of the UK and recommended farmers take action ...
16-11-2010 11:54 AM | Veterinary News, Husbandry News, Husbandry Advice, News, Shows and Events
NBA urges response to controlling TB in badgers
The National Beef Association is urging its members, and everyone else keen to call a halt to TB spread in England in the badger population, to respon...
08-11-2010 12:16 PM | Veterinary News, Husbandry News, Husbandry Advice, News
Research reports on bovine tb in badgers published
Research reports related to the control of bovine tuberculosis in badgers have been made public today. Defra has made public supporting data behin...
03-11-2010 10:41 AM | Veterinary News, Husbandry News, News, Sheep
Pharmacist holds egg count to tackle worm issue
Pharmacists and vets in the Welsh border counties have been working together by holding a series of Worm Egg Count Clinics to help farmers identify wh...
27-10-2010 10:23 AM | Husbandry News, Husbandry Advice, News
Scientists develop severity calculator for PMWS
Scientists at the Royal Veterinary College, contributing to a £11.5m in total BBSRC funded programme to tackle some of the most harmful and widespread...
19-10-2010 13:26 PM | Veterinary News, Husbandry News, Husbandry Advice, News
Putting record straight on TB vaccination - NFU
NFU Cymru is using this year’s Welsh Dairy Event to put the record straight and dispel some of the myths and misinformation about the role vacci...
18-10-2010 11:49 AM | Veterinary News, Husbandry News, Poultry, News
Duck egg link to salmonella
An outbreak of salmonella in England and Northern Ireland, which has affected more than 60 people and resulted in one death, is being linked to duck e...
15-10-2010 13:10 PM | Veterinary News, Husbandry News, Husbandry Advice, News
Experts in rumen health to meet in Germany
Some of the world’s leading experts in rumen health will be gathering in Hannover, Germany in November to take part in the Modern Animal Product...
15-10-2010 08:52 AM | Veterinary News, Husbandry News, Pigs, Poultry, Husbandry Advice, Cattle, News, Sheep
EC recognizes problems of animal cloning
Eurogroup for Animals welcomes the proposed temporary ban of the use of cloning of animals for food use detailed in the leaked draft report of DG SANC...
30-09-2010 07:32 AM | Veterinary News, Husbandry News, NFU, Husbandry Advice, News
NFU meets to discuss badger cull plans
NFU members are to be given the opportunity to air their views on the proposed badger cull as a consultation on the issue gets underway. NFU Presi...
21-09-2010 09:03 AM | Veterinary News, Husbandry News, Husbandry Advice, News
Scottish minister supports snaring guide
Scottish Minister for Environment Roseanna Cunningham will be attending the launch of the latest practitioners’ guide to snaring in Scotland on ...
16-09-2010 09:36 AM | Veterinary News, Husbandry News, Husbandry Advice, News
TB eradication must be 'science led' - MP
CLA President William Worsley said: "I am very impressed by the Government’s brave decision to tackle this appalling disease head on. For too lo...
16-09-2010 09:35 AM | Veterinary News, Husbandry News, Husbandry Advice, News
CLA welcomes government action on TB
CLA President William Worsley said: "I am very impressed by the Government’s brave decision to tackle this appalling disease head on. For too lo...
15-09-2010 10:38 AM | Veterinary News, Husbandry News, Husbandry Advice, News
New measures to control bovine TB in badgers
Proposals for additional measures to help control bovine tuberculosis in cattle were published for public consultation today by Agriculture Minister J...
06-08-2010 10:49 AM | Veterinary News, Husbandry News, Husbandry Advice, Cattle, News
IBR educational campaign launched
Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR) has become a barrier to herd productivity on many farms, but a new educational campaign from vet practices aim...
19-07-2010 16:52 PM | Veterinary News, Husbandry News, Husbandry Advice, News
Kestrel decline not farmers' fault - CLA
The CLA expressed disappointment that the RSPB has partly blamed a sharp decline in kestrel numbers in recent years on "intensive farming". The RSP...
13-07-2010 15:24 PM | Veterinary News, Husbandry News, Husbandry Advice, Cattle, News
Deadline due warns animal medicine body
"The clock is ticking on the current CPD (Continuing Professional Development) training period for qualified animal health advisors, known as SQP...
10-02-2009 06:44 AM | Veterinary News, Husbandry News, Cattle, News
Rise in number of cases of Salmonella reported
Producers gearing up for spring calving should be aware of reports of a rise in the number of cases of Salmonella Dublin, which can be linked to abort...
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