Ground breaking study finds the offspring of stressed mothers brains develop differently
A ground breaking study has found that prenatal stress negatively affects the development of a lamb’s brain. In the first study of this type to take place not in the lab but in ‘real life’ conditions on a farm, researchers observed structural alterations in the neurons involved in emotional regulation and cognitive processing. The changes […]
Waste food campaign poses disease threat warns National Pig Association
National Pig Association has warned that recycling human food by feeding it to pigs must take place only under strictly-controlled conditions, otherwise there is a risk of outbreaks of notifiable diseases, such as foot-and-mouth, classical swine fever and African swine fever. These highly infectious diseases, which can be introduced to Britain in infected meat — […]
House of Commons TB Debate 5th June 2013: Points to Consider
The NBA along with the NFU, BVA and other organisations support the policy of controlling the spread of TB by controlling the badger population. It is essential that the present culls go ahead and that Parliament does not prevent what is a necessity in the control of this notifiable highly infectious disease. If we do […]
Badger cull pilots the right scientific approach, says BVA
Although the shooting of badgers is not expected to start until later in the season the BVA is responding to activity amongst those who oppose the cull and appealing to them to allow the necessary scientific work to take place unhindered in the two pilot cull areas. The BVA pointed to the evidence base behind […]
New YouGov poll reveals the truth about public attitudes to the badger cull
Importantly, the survey also revealed that more than a quarter of people (27%) opposed to a cull would change their mind if it meant TB did not spread to other areas of the country. Only two per cent of 1,763 people asked considered a badger cull to be one of the most important issues facing […]
Outrage as Owen Paterson declares war on the badgers – ‘hard culling for 25 years’
In a frank interview, he said that if the two trials this summer were successful, then 40 more cull zones would be created over the next four years. Animal welfare organisations have reacted with fury, as Mr Paterson’s justification for the culling was dismissed by leading bTB scientist Lord Krebs, who said “If politicians are […]
A case of foot in mouth for Defra as their own evidence reveals true cause of bTB outbreak
Figures show that incidences of bTB soared in 2000/2001, in certain areas. This correlates almost exactly with the relaxation of movement controls after the Foot and Mouth epidemic, which saw large numbers of herds restocked from the UK and across Europe. Philip Mansbridge, Care for the Wild CEO, said: “It’s not been a good day […]
NSA delighted Schmallenberg vaccine will be available this summer
The new vaccine will offer sheep farmers the option to vaccinate their stock this summer, ahead of the high-risk mating season. Phil Stocker, NSA Chief Executive, says: “NSA called for a vaccine some time ago and we are absolutely delighted both MSD Animal Health and VMD acted as quickly as possible in the development and […]
Schmallenberg Vaccine ready for use this summer
Today the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) has issued the veterinary pharmaceutical company MSD Animal Health, a licence to provide the new ‘Bovilis SBV’ vaccine. The VMD’s CEO Pete Borriello said: “This is the culmination of intensive activity on the part of MSD Animal Health and the VMD to make a safe and effective vaccine available […]
