Animal Health
Antibiotics and the health of nations
In recent years, the human medical sector has consistently raised concerns regarding the potential overuse of antibiotics in food-producing animals – specifically those critical to human health.
An ABC of lumps, bumps and infections of the skin
Vet Lisa Whitfield gives a rundown on the skin conditions farmers and their staff may encounter on their cows.
Keeping vigilant at the borders
Recent emergence of foot and mouth disease in Indonesia reinforces the need for continued vigilance against biosecurity threats. Story and photos by Karen Trebilcock.
Managing FE: It’s not just about zinc
Facial eczema is a chronic toxicity caused by the ingestion of spores from pasture and their conversion into sporidesmin in blood. Management of this disease continues to improve with progressive farmers no longer counting it as a non-manageable problem. Why so? By Joe McGrath
