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Achieving targets with healthy animals this autumn

Martin Merrick details some of the key take home messages one of the two summer mart series hosted in Castleisland and Ballinasloe marts last week.

ANIMAL HEALTH 30 August 2025

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Animal health – always a key priority

Animal health – always a key priority

ANIMAL HEALTH 27 August 2025

Health factors and sheep scheme compliance refresher

Health factors and sheep scheme compliance refresher

ANIMAL HEALTH 27 August 2025

Summer 2025 presents lungworm problems

Summer 2025 presents lungworm problems

Summer 2025 presents lungworm problems

ANIMAL HEALTH 31 August 2025

Planning for a healthy summer with stock

Planning for a healthy summer with stock

Planning for a healthy summer with stock

BREEDING & HEALTH 21 May 2025

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Prepping animal housing for health

Prepping animal housing for health

Power washing and disinfection, along with other maintenance, is one of those necessary jobs to tackle over the summer on animal housing.

ANIMAL HEALTH 26 February 2025

Donegal farmers invent new hoof care system

Donegal farmers invent new hoof care system

Aidan Brennan visited Co Donegal where three farmers have come together to invent a new method of preventing and treating lameness.

ANIMAL HEALTH 26 February 2025

Worms: a threat to efficient production

Worms: a threat to efficient production

A combination of growing resistance to commonly used anthelmintics and the increased prevalence of barber’s pole worm is creating more challenges for sheep. producers

ANIMAL HEALTH 26 February 2025

Five top tips for herd health plans

Five top tips for herd health plans

Adam Woods takes a look at some health-planning tips for dairy beef farms.

BREEDING & HEALTH 26 February 2025

Top five summer health tips for sucklers

Top five summer health tips for sucklers

Tullamore farm vet Donal Lynch takes a look at some summer health tips for suckler farms.

ANIMAL HEALTH 26 February 2025

Investigating unexplained lamb losses in Scottish hill flocks

Investigating unexplained lamb losses in Scottish hill flocks

Losses of lambs aged between six to eight weeks as well as those aged between four and six months were recorded at a high average figure of 18.6%. Darren Carty writes.

ANIMAL HEALTH 26 February 2025

The importance of paying attention to anthelmintic resistance on your farm

The importance of paying attention to anthelmintic resistance on your farm

While not an exciting topic, farmers cannot afford to ignore the risk of anthelmintic resistance and should utilise faecal egg counts in their parasite control programme, UCD’s Amanda Lawlor writes.

ANIMAL HEALTH 26 February 2025

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Watch: Shed Talks – Supporting the next generation of young farmers

At the AIB Shed Talks, industry experts explored how Ireland’s agri sector can support the next generation of farmers.

Watch: Shed Talks – Supporting the next generation of young farmers

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