Content related to the topic: health

12 November 2020

Principles of pig production - weaning

This webinar is a four-part series with Adrian Cox and Christina Huelsmann-Diamond from Farm Vets, focusing on the different stages of pork production.

6 November 2020

Principles of pig production - breeding

This webinar is a four-part series with Adrian Cox from Farm Vets, focusing on the different stages of pork production. It’s designed to refresh or provide new entrants with an overview of the breeding process in pork production.

12 July 2024

Disease preparedness – what can we learn from coronavirus?

November 2020: Find out how coronavirus has presented opportunities to help us understand how we could better prepare for disease outbreaks future

3 November 2020

Neil Brown Strategic farm – Data driven decisions

The webinar discussed how Neil is working towards making data driven decisions and looking at the practicalities of collecting on-farm commercial data including: - Losses at lambing - Lameness incidence in sheep - Weights - Faecal egg counts

2 December 2021

Small changes have a big impact on youngstock health

By making small alterations to calf housing, farmer Marc Evans has seen reduced pneumonia cases and improved health across his youngstock.

13 October 2020

Britain’s sheep producers are being encouraged to fill out national breed survey

Sheep producers in Britain are being urged to fill in the national Sheep Breed Survey, which is an important reference point for researchers, funders and policy makers.

9 October 2020

Webinar for vets: Management considerations for replacement heifers and the cost of respiratory disease

This webinar specifically for vets looks at the practical ways vets can help farmers understand the impact of respiratory disease in their dairy replacement heifers.

9 October 2020

Calf Pneumonia: Prevention is less costly than cure

A look at the hidden costs of calf pneumonia and practical changes you can make to help improve the performance of your replacement heifers.

9 October 2020

Dietary copper for dairy cows: how to get feeding levels right

Learn how dietary starch levels and copper antagonists impact the metabolism of copper.

2 March 2021

EUPiG Lean Improvement | Pat O'Keeffe Piggeries Case study

Pat O'Keeffe Piggeries is a family-owned and managed piggery based in Ballylough, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork. The farm has approximately 2,200 sows. To improve farm work efficiency, a Lean programme was developed as an introduction to Lean management.

2 September 2025

The Lean management philosophy

Lean management aims to optimise resources, maximise value and minimise waste. Find out about its origins and how Lean can be applied to agriculture and horticulture.

11 March 2025

Biosecurity

A set of practical measures you can take to prevent and limit the spread of infectious diseases on your farm.