Animal Health

Managing and controlling disease and ensuring animal health and welfare is the most effective way to maintain or increase productivity from livestock. 

This page aims to group together Animal Health activity undertaken through the Farming Connect programme.


In this section:


| Podcasts
Episode 100- Staff management, Episode 4: People, purpose, processes and potential’ are key ingredients to running a successful team
In this last episode of our staff management series, Rhian Price is joined by Hannah Batty from LLM…
| Technical Articles
Starlings on Farm: Strategies to Protect and Control
Dr Natalie Meades: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.  December 2023  Image by Woods, et al. …
| Technical Articles
Calf Housing and Bovine Respiratory Disease
Dr Natalie Meades: IBERS, KEHub, Aberystwyth University.  January 2024 Bovine…
| News
Farming Connect training courses can help fulfil personal development and strengthen farm practices
21 March 2024   Julie Davies, an active partner in the family business at Upper Court Farms,…
| Case Studies
Measuring helps Welsh sheep farm manage summer grass shortages
Measuring and calculating grass availability is helping a Welsh sheep farm to prevent forage…
| Case Studies
Grass management allows livestock farm to up grass production to 13t/ha DM
A Welsh beef and sheep farmer is able to carry a similar number of livestock to the headage he…

Events

1 May 2024
Sheep Parasite Control 1 – Roundworm & Blowfly Workshop
Haverfordwest
Workshop attendees will learn about the lifecycle and...
7 May 2024
Lambing Losses Part 2 - Post-Lambing Losses from Birth to Weaning
Llanidloes
Workshop attendees will learn about the main causes...
7 May 2024
Do’s & Don'ts of Diversification
Dolgellau
Join Farming Connect to hear all about the world of...
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