The European Union has released a draft strategy for the control of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy diseases, which proposes to reduce expenditure in this area now that reported cases in Europe are falling off sharply.
The European Commission says that an end to bovine spongiform ...
UK researchers have developed an instrument to measure the methane emitted by ruminant animals.
The application arose from a research project at the University of Liverpool to study whether a different diet can reduce the methane – a 'greenhouse gas' associated with global climate change – produced ...
Agrovet Market Animal Health , a company based in Lima, Peru, has launched the first triclabendazole injectable solution to be developed and registered in Peru. The antiparasitic is approved for use in cattle, sheep, goats and camelids.
The product, Fasiject Plus, contains triclabendazole and ...
Slovakia’s agriculture ministry has reported an outbreak of anthrax in dairy cattle in the east of the country. The disease killed seven animals in a 120-strong herd near Prešov, where recent floods are thought to have brought anthrax spores to the surface of grazing pastures.
The first dead cow ...
French animal health giant Vétoquinol has joined forces with two other veterinary laboratories to participate in a project organized by the industry association, SIMV, to raise awareness of the need to treat pain in cattle.
The treatment of pain in cattle is generally less well developed in France ...
