AHI warmly welcomes today’s announcement by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine of the release of additional funding to support the Animal Health Ireland Johne’s Disease Control Programme (Dairy herd pilot 2013/14). Reacting, the CEO of AHI, Joe O’Flaherty said “The Minister’s announcement is excellent news, as it…
In advance of the 2014 calving season, Animal Health Ireland has released summary statistics from the first year of the national compulsory BVD eradication programme and some key messages for farmers in 2014. Headline figures for 2013 0.68% of calves tested were PI. 11% of herds had one or more…
During 2013, CellCheck in conjunction with the seven Regional Coordinators and teams of CellCheck-trained service providers ran 95 CellCheck Farmer Workshops around the country. Over 1,250 farmers attended. Further workshops will be taking place in 2014. The workshops help farmers to understand the causes of mastitis and highlight how making…
Animal Health Ireland notes with satisfaction the decision taken by the Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development in Northern Ireland to introduce legislation to make testing for BVD compulsory in Northern Ireland. This move creates the basis for a co-ordinated approach to the eradication of BVD on an all-island basis.…
The Biosecurity Technical Working Group of AHI has just released a new leaflet – ‘Purchasing Stock: Reducing Disease Risks’ – which provides practical advice for preventing the introduction of disease into your herd. It can be accessed by clicking here. More information on various aspects of biosecurity is available from the Biosecurity section of…
Animal Health Ireland / ICBF / Teagasc are jointly hosting five information nights for suckler farmers this autumn. Topics to be covered include: New beef indexes & latest breeding developments – ICBF Management of the suckler heifer to calf at 24 months – Teagasc Colostrum Management – AHI IBR –…
AHI is hosting a very important animal health conference on Wednesday 23rd of October in Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork. Animal Health: A cornerstone of sustainable and profitable farming. The Conference programme will comprise a series of presentations and interviews by international keynote speakers: Dr Elena DiLabio will speak on the…
Statement from the BVD Technical Working Group on the role of vaccination in the BVD eradication programme. The goal of the current programme is the eradication of BVD virus. The core element of the programme is testing to identify animals persistently infected (PI) with BVD virus and remove these from…
Following completion of the voluntary phase of the national BVD eradication programme in 2012, in which approximately 10,000 farmers participated, the programme moved into the compulsory phase on 1st January 2013, with legislation entering into force on that date introducing a requirement to test all calves born after that date…
The Biosecurity Technical Working Group of AHI has just released a new leaflet – ‘Bioexclusion: Keeping Infectious Diseases out of Your Herd’ – which provides practical advice for preventing the introduction of disease into your herd. It can be accessedby clicking here. More information on various aspects of biosecurity is available from…
