Livestock

16 June 2020

How to keep sows and gilts calm while piglets feed in an indoor farrowing environment

15 December 2023

Regularly scoring your cows for mobility is the first step towards reducing lameness in your herd.

15 December 2023

Use this three-step method to help you to identify any cows that need attention.

27 April 2020

Salicylic acid is widely used, especially by hoof trimmers. However, care is required to stay the right side of the law.

10 October 2024

Find out how to mobility score your dairy cows

19 February 2026

Watch our video demonstrations of important everyday tasks to help train staff

28 March 2025

Liver fluke is a parasite that affects the health and welfare of livestock, specifically cattle and sheep. This research investigates whether liver fluke in silage poses a risk to livestock.

15 July 2025

How to body condition score cows

6 August 2025

Optimising nutrition in dairy cow diets.

1 June 2022

Key aspects of gilt management for longevity and performance

16 April 2020

Investigating new systems which will make beef cattle more efficient to produce, less damaging to the environment and yet still more cost-effective for farmers

17 April 2020

Since attending a series of AHDB Dairy Calf to Calving (C2C) events, Dorset farmers Andrew Wallis and Tony White have implemented changes that have helped boost heifer growth rates and reduce age at first calving.

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