Search results for: animal welfare updates
Search results for: animal welfare updates
Soil Health Testing – Why and How?
…are available to us to investigate the state of soil health. ‘Soil health’ the term for a soil’s ability to continue to provide multiple functions to sustain plant, animal, and…
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Borders Vet Lab Visit
…be used in conjunction with your vet and a discussion on current animal health concerns. This meeting is open to everyone and is free to attend. This meeting is part…
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Backing Beef Inverness – What Does the Future Hold?
…SAC Consulting Animal health – quick wins – SRUC Vets Please book your place in advance so we know numbers for catering. Book by clicking the link above or contact…
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Agribusiness News December 2022 – Policy Brief
…are currently located and/or if you are in a zone, the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has produced an interactive map. Keepers of all birds (including pet birds) should…
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Finishing Options for Beef Cattle
…to a shorter finishing period of around 8 weeks following a forage based growing period. Considerations: Cereal Availability: Cereal intake for a 500kg animal can be up to 11kg/day =…
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Silage Clinic – Key Messages
…Institute’s Glensaugh Farm. In this video we hear from Lorna MacPherson of SAC Consulting about the impact that quality silage can have on animal performance and reducing feed costs. Farm…
Read More >Crofting Businesses: Carbon Audits and Preparing For Sustainable Farming
…a claim process Scottish Government currently offers funding for Carbon Audits and Soil Sampling, with other items such as Animal Health options likely. Future farm support payments will be conditional…
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Milk Manager News January 2023 – Mineral Relationship to Foot Health
…the limbs include nutrition, animal hygiene and genetic predispositions. Nutrition is one of the basic preventive factors affecting the quality and growth of the hoof horn, and the associated prevalence…
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Agribusiness News January 2023 – Global Trends
…in. Covid and animal disease While the direct impact of covid is receding here, China’s Zero Covid policy is badly disrupting the Chinese economy. As a massive importer of food…
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New Entrants – Preparing for Winter Housing
…https://www.fas.scot/downloads/technical-note-tn689-cattle-housing-ventilation/ https://www.fas.scot/downloads/technical-note-tn571-pneumonia-beef-cattle/ Related Other Resources Promoting Sustainable Control of Cattle Parasites – COWS – Promoting Sustainable Control of Cattle Parasites NADIS – National Animal Disease Information Service …
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