More information on a herd's risk category, mandatory blood testing in larger herds, and pre-movement testing are among the ...

Controversial plans to reduce the impact of herds with a history of bovine TB on TB free herds — shelved previously after farmer pushback — are back on the table, Minister for Agriculture Martin ...

That blunt instrument is the highly contentious culling of badgers to slow the spread of TB among British farm animals ... Woodruffe and her coauthors affixed GPS collars to both cattle and badgers ...

The Queen star, 77, has been a prominent campaigner against the badger cull for over a decade, despite it being supported by the farming industry to help stop the spread of TB among cattle.

The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) is expected to outline around 30 proposals to tackle the rising bovine TB rates at an ...

Sinn Fein MLA Declan McAleer said there is a need for “more urgency” within a new TB plan plan, particularly with targets for ...

Cattle with the mouse gene SP110 added to their genomes have immune cells that are better at slowing the growth of Mycobacterium bovis and are less susceptible to developing the internal symptoms of ...

Thinking of culling some cows from your dairy herd? Ohio State Extension educator John Yost has some ideas to help get you ...

Commercial cattle farms in low-incidence bovine tuberculosis (TB) areas of England and Wales are being invited to participate in the next round of field trials for a ...

The higher ratio suggests better margins for producers, leading to lower culling rates and herd retention. Low replacement numbers indicate that future expansion may be moderate.” “Slaughter of dairy ...

USDA reported Friday that 245,000 dairy cows were sent to hamburger heaven in October, a 12% jump in culling over October 2006. The number also represents a 45,000 head increase over September of ...

In the beef cattle business, one of those decisions is what to do when a cow doesn’t rebreed and is considered open, said the experts at the Kansas State University Beef Cattle Institute.