Climate change is one of the most critical challenges of our time, and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is essential to addressing it. All signing nations in the Global Climate Agreement in 2015 committed to reduce their GHG emissions between 20 and 55% by 2030.
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Dairy Cattle Welfare: Key Indicators and Challenges
The welfare of farm animals is an increasing global concern. An animal is considered to be in a good state of welfare when it is free from hunger, malnutrition, and thirst, free from fear and distress, free from heat stress or physical discomfort, free from pain, injury, and disease, and free to express normal patterns… Continue reading Dairy Cattle Welfare: Key Indicators and Challenges
The five-point plan for mastitis control
This five-point plan will guide you in your approach to tackling mastitis in a methodical way. It was developed by an international team of udder health specialists, veterinary practitioners, dairy farmers, and experts on communication and human behaviour. The five focus areas are – in no particular order – infection pressure, resistance, milking, treatment and… Continue reading The five-point plan for mastitis control
Five things your farmers should know about mastitis
This is the first of a series of blogs on udder health. This blog serves as an introduction, later blogs will cover practical information and solutions that you as a vet can provide to your dairy farmers. As an introduction, here are five important points they should understand.