As lambing season approaches, letter to Vet Times highlights Sheep Veterinary Society guidance detailing potential alternatives to discontinued antibiotic, and encourages practitioners to engage with clients to ensure good ewe nutrition and colostrum management.

Rebecca Howard VetMB, MA, MRCVS details the Farm Vet Academy Practical Farm Skills Week designed to fill the EMS placement gap due to COVID-19.

Matthew Dobbs BVM&S, CertCHP, GDL, ARAgS, MRCVS outlines various areas of law that may apply when such animals cause injury

John Remnant BVSc, CertAVP, DipECBHM, PhD, SFHEA, MRCVS discusses findings from his scholarship exploring how the profession meets future needs in livestock agriculture.

Phil Elkins BVM&S, CertAVP(Cattle), MRCVS, provides an overview of primary and multi‑species conditions affecting livestock worldwide, as well as current considerations for keeping them at bay.

Tim Potter explains the importance of trace elements bovine and ovine health.

Beckie Harrison runs through how to talk about BVD and supporting farmers afterwards.

Phil Elkins looks at the need for farm vets to be proactive with farmers on controlling mastitis and how they should go about it.

With vaccines in the news due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and live ones for livestock now available, it could be an even easier sell to farmers, as the author explains.

Matt Yarnall, global technical manager for ruminant vaccines at Boehringer Ingelheim, presents findings from the latest National BVD Survey.

Roger Evans discusses further farming matters in his latest Dairy Diary.