26/09/12 Details of the National Compulsory BVD Eradication Programme were announced today at the National Ploughing Championships in New Ross. Legislation is being introduced to support the programme and under this legislation, there will be a requirement to test all calves born for BVD from 1st January 2013. Mike Magan,…
Animal Health Ireland today announced the appointment of Gráinne Dwyer in the position of Communications and Events Manager. Ms. Dwyer has been working in a consultative capacity with AHI for the past 2 years. Joe O’Flaherty (CEO) said he was delighted to announce Gráinne’s appointment to the new position within…
Animal Health Ireland has this week been awarded accreditation by the International Standards Organisation (ISO) for its business management systems following an extensive systems review and external audit. AHI is understood to be the first company of its kind in Ireland to have achieved accreditation against the standard (ISO Standard…
Traditionally, ordering tags for the new calving season starts with the new order form circulated by Mullinahone Co-op on behalf of the Department of Agriculture around 1st November of each year. This year will see a change to the set of tags that will arrive on farmers’ doorsteps as one…
Animal Health Ireland and University College Dublin sign a Memorandum of Understanding, establishing a framework for continued cooperation between the two organisations. In welcoming the agreement, the CEO of Animal Health Ireland, Mr. Joe O’Flaherty, said that “AHI is delighted to have the opportunity to formalise the relationship between AHI…
Simon Coveney, TD, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine attended Animal Health Ireland’s AGM in Buswell’s Hotel, Dublin today. The Minister said “I see Animal Health Ireland, working together with the industry, helping to play a major part in achieving the goals set out in Food Harvest. The strategy…
Animal Health Ireland (AHI) very much welcomes moves in Northern Ireland to establish a body with a similar remit to that of Animal Health Ireland. Like AHI, this new body is to be funded through a combination of State and private sector investment. It will address those diseases and conditions…
The BVD Technical Working Group has developed a document providing guidelines for BVD virus testing in dairy and suckler herds.
Animal Health Ireland today published its strategy for the period up to the end of 2014 (available here). The Strategy, which was developed following extensive consultation with stakeholders, sets out clear strategic priorities for the organisation for the period up to the end of 2014, and identifies four programmes in…
This week saw the start of the roll-out by ICOS Marts of a new system to display of BVD test status of animals presented for sale. Ennis Mart was the first to make the necessary software change to allow the BVD status to be displayed on the mart board. When…
