Disease

11 November 2025

Orf is a common skin disease mainly affecting young lambs in their first year of life.

3 November 2025

Pneumonia is one of the most common causes of calf mortality and poor performance in youngstock. It often develops subclinically, making it difficult to detect and frequently underestimated on farms.

28 October 2025

In 2024, the UK pig sector saw a slight rise in antibiotic use, although this still represents a reduction of 17.9% since 2020.

23 October 2025

Animals on the UK breeds at risk list may be spared from culling during an exotic notifiable animal disease outbreak.

14 October 2025

Before deciding whether to treat your livestock for liver fluke this autumn, we encourage you to test whether treatment is needed first.

23 October 2025

There is a glut of acorns this autumn, which brings with it an increased risk of acorn poisoning in livestock.

1 October 2025

As the busy summer season winds down, autumn presents a good opportunity for dairy farmers to take stock of herd health and performance.

8 October 2025

We have relaunched the Muck Free Truck campaign with a bold new slogan – Muck Off! – to strengthen biosecurity across the UK pig industry

2 October 2025

First launched in 2019, the Muck Free Truck campaign has been refreshed for 2025.

17 September 2025

Understand the risk of perennial ryegrass staggers and how it can affect grazing animals.

11 September 2025

We have teamed up with the NPA and Pig World to draw attention to African swine fever (ASF) and encourage industry-wide action to prevent it.

4 September 2025

AHDB's response to the bovine TB evdience review update

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