Former BVA president James Russel has warned MPs that Britain faces a shortage of vets and is at increased risk from dangerous animal diseases. Speaking
farm animals
A bird flu prevention zone has been declared across the UK to stop the spread of the disease among poultry and other birds, chief veterinary
The Ulster Farmers’ Union went on a “six week journey of learning” before coming out in favour of targeted badger culls to tackle Bovine TB,
Farm vets have been asked to help dairy, beef and sheep producers register their businesses on the AHDB-backed ‘Medicine Hub’ to show industry compliance on
British Veterinary Association President Justine Shotton has told the BVA’s 2021 Northern Ireland Dinner in Stormont vets here are facing a triple whammy of pressures
Vets working to tackle pigs’ overcrowding in farms have said Prime Minister Boris Johnson is not taking the abattoir labour shortage seriously, and that ‘mass
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons’ council has moved to address the UK-wide shortage of vets by introducing more flexibility into the requirements for English
A new vaccine against Mycoplasma Bovisa – a bacterial disease found in dairy and beef cattle – has been backed by vets following a successful
Tributes have been been paid to a much-loved County Down vet who found TV fame on the BBC series Mountain Vets. Maurice King, who ran
The workload faced by vets in Northern Ireland has left many at breaking point and coupled with the recruitment situation the profession is “almost in