Pregnancy

Farmers are advised to be vigilant for clinical signs, which include milk drop, diarrhoea, raised temperature and apparent pregnancy loss.

Thoughts should be turning to scanning spring calving herds, giving plenty of time and more options for marketing empty cows.

Cows being under stress, poor-quality semen and improper administration were all given as possible reasons for the low sexed semen figures.

In this week’s Home Nurse, Nessa Robins focuses on recipes rich in iron for mums-to-be.

Your body changes a lot during pregnancy, so it’s important to have a check-up with a chartered physiotherapist after birth to avoid problems like incontinence or prolapse, writes Margaret Hawkins.

COVID-19 cases are on the rise week-by-week. It’s important to safeguard ourselves as best we can during this wave, writes Margaret Hawkins.