In response to the RCVS’ consultation on legislative reforms, Stephen Blakeway MA, VetMB, MSc, PGCE, MRCVS, imagines a profession focused more actively on the ecosphere and working within multidisciplinary teams to prevent animal suffering, stop biodiversity loss and heal the biosphere.
With three-quarters of disease in dairy production in the lead-up to – and immediate aftermath of – calving, Phil Elkins looks at how vets can play a significant health advisory role in ensuring everything goes well in this important period.
Sophie Mahendran runs through protocols to prevent bovine respiratory disease through a combination of management changes, including reducing level of exposure to stressors and infectious agents.
A complex disease with immediately identifiable costs and clear long-term impacts on the animal, bovine respiratory disease requires a team approach to diagnose, treat and prevent it on farm, writes Jenny Allan.
Developed to support the launch of Ubroseal® Blue, Boehringer Ingelheim’s new drying off consultation tool provides an at-a-glance checklist of questions to ask and points to run through with clients.
