Disease
3 March 2022
There are essential vitamins and minerals required to support productivity in livestock production. Issues can occur with imbalances, deficiencies or toxicity. It is important to understand how the different elements interact with each other, the clinical signs and management options to resolve the problem.
11 August 2023
This notebook provides you with best practice calf-rearing information. It will also help you to keep a record of calf performance (colostrum intake, liveweights, calf losses).
16 August 2019
Haulier questionnaire: We would like to get a feel for the standard of lorry washing facilities at markets and abattoirs across England.
16 August 2019
Rupert Major shares how he switched from a leader-follower system on the milking platform, to a separate heifer grazing platform.
10 October 2019
A meeting for small-scale pig keepers to find out about disease surveillance and the symptoms of different diseases
9 October 2019
A meeting for small-scale pig keepers to find out about disease surveillance and the symptoms of different diseases
8 October 2019
A meeting for small-scale pig keepers to find out about disease surveillance and the symptoms of different diseases
2 October 2019
A meeting for small-scale pig keepers to find out about disease surveillance and the symptoms of different diseases
1 October 2019
A meeting for small-scale pig keepers to find out about disease surveillance and the symptoms of different diseases
9 July 2019
This report recounts the activities of the Pig Health and Welfare Council (PHWC) during 2017 and 2018. This has been a challenging time, with the PHWC working to enable the industry to introduce changes in practices that are necessary to meet the targets in respect of reducing antibiotic usage and driving up welfare standards across production systems.
4 November 2021
This guide will take you through the process of preparing a contingency plan, for example, if you are placed in a restriction zone. It also contains a 'key contacts' template for you to fill in and print.
17 January 2025
Download and complete this contingency planning template from AHDB and the NPA so that you are prepared should there be a notifiable disease outbreak in the pig sector.