Bluetongue virus has been identified in a blood sample of an animal from a farm in Co Monaghan which was slaughtered in November 2025. The Department of Agriculture has undertaken the testing of cattle blood samples, taken for other disease detection purposes, in an aim to grasp in which geographic areas the virus may be … Read more
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Northern Ireland’s M1 motorway closed both ways after lorry containing cattle overturns The Journal M1 closed both ways after overturned livestock lorry BBC Rescue operation to free 40 cows after lorry overturns on motorway BreakingNews.ie Overturned cattle lorry leaves Northern Ireland motorway closed. Irish Farmers journal M1 closure remains in place as cows rescued from lorry crash The Irish News … Read more
[JACK AYLMER] DAIRY FARMERS ARE USING WIFI “SMART” COLLARS, EAR AND LEG TAGS ON MILLIONS OF COWS ACROSS THE NATION TO COMBAT DISEASES AND THE SPREAD OF BIRD FLU. A NEW REPORT FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL REVEALS THESE “SMART COLLARS” WHICH ARE USED TO TRACK CATTLE MOVEMENTS CAN ALSO PROVIDE CLUES TO THE OVERALL … Read more
Germany’s first foot and mouth disease outbreak in almost 40 years – and the EU’s first in more than a decade – sent shockwaves through the global meat and dairy sectors, resulting in import bans in at least 10 countries. Rapid reactive measures, such as restrictions on movement, testing, vaccination and pre-emptive culling, have helped … Read more
Here, we report for the first time the detection of JMTV mainly in R. (B.) microplus collected during the dry season from cattle and sheep in a forest–savannah transitional ecological zone of Akonolinga, in central Cameroon. R. (B.) microplus, primarily parasitizing cattle, is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, including India, Malaysia, China, Central and … Read more
Batu. The East Java government has launched a large-scale vaccination campaign following the infection of 11,317 cows by foot and mouth disease (FMD), making the province the epicenter of the outbreak. Acting East Java Governor Adhy Karyono announced on Saturday that the province requires up to 8 million FMD vaccines, but current stocks are limited … Read more
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The deputy minister of agriculture, Sudaryono, confirms that Indonesia will import 2 million dairy and beef cattle for the next five years to support the free nutritious meal program. “We want entrepreneurs to farm live cattle here to meet the national requirements, especially for the free nutritious meal program,” Sudaryono said in a … Read more
Amid a wave of reported avian influenza (bird flu) infections of cattle and other mammals, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has released new guidelines advising its members how to implement effective surveillance programmes for early detection of influenza in cattle. Since its emergence over two decades ago, the highly pathogenic … Read more