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Changes to vet medicine rules cause confusion

Adam Woods speaks to Ollie Ryan from the Irish Licensed Merchants Association about the current veterinary medicines debacle.

7 November 2024 NEWS

Promising results for new sheep abortion vaccine

The results from the new study have been published in the scientific journal Animals.

30 October 2024 NORTHERN IRELAND

Health topics discussed at Teagasc mart event in Tullamore

Rachel Gallagher reports from GVM Tullamore for the Teagasc event on beef markets and the new veterinary prescription regulations.

17 October 2024 MARKETS

Vaccine and sheep dip shortage could see farmers ‘unfairly penalised’ - ICSA

The ICSA said that farmers are struggling to complete selected actions under the scheme due to a shortage of vaccines and suitable sheep dip.

15 October 2024 NEWS
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‘Real risk’ of bluetongue entering Ireland - Department

The latest update from the Department’s National Disease Control Centre, said the bluetongue situation across Europe is “dynamic” and urged vigilance among Irish farmers.

4 October 2024 NEWS
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England’s cattle farmers locked up by bluetongue

The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has permitted the use of three unauthorised bluetongue serotype 3 (BTV-3) vaccines in the England.

25 September 2024 NEWS

Farmers lose out again in veterinary medicines moves

The long running veterinary medicine bill was signed last year, but the statutory instrument to effect change was signed last week.

25 September 2024 VIEWPOINTS
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You’re taking the brisket – the lore of blackleg disease in cattle

In Ireland, blackleg was also variously known as black-quarter (with its Irish variants ‘cheathrú dhubh’ and ‘cheathrú ghorm’), quarter-evil, quarter-ill and speedy disease. John Flaherty reports.

18 September 2024
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10 more bluetongue cases confirmed in UK

These figures are from the UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency.

16 September 2024 NEWS