Vaccine should first be made available to livestock on the borders of infected zones; this is the advice of Belgium, Suffolk sheep breeder Jan Van Grinderachter, whose own sheep contracted the virus in August 2007. He warned that in Belgium they
EU Member States have reached agreement on a new European Regulation that will revise existing equine identification Horse Passport legislation. The main new requirement is the compulsory microchipping of foals born after 1st July 2009. The requirement
In an unprecedented step the four main specialist livestock trade associations representing the English livestock industry have unanimously rejected the call from NFU President Peter Kendall, made at the recent NFU conference, for English beef and sheep
