Tag Archives: veterinary

Can BIG be beautiful too?

Posted on April 5, 2014 by argylesock

Three leading figures from science and farming consider the role large-scale farming can play in British agriculture.

Posted in agriculture, knowledge transfer | Tagged farmer, food security, knowledge, land use, livestock, pollution, population, scientist, sustainable, veterinary, welfare | 2 Comments

Feeding vegetable oils to farmed salmon

Posted on March 9, 2014 by argylesock

Many fish farmers in temperate climates raise Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Salmon are carnivores, fed pellets made from (among other things) wild fish. Wild fish are getting scarcer so a team of scientists, led by Erling-Olaf Koppang at the Norwegian … Continue reading →

Posted in fish, knowledge transfer | Tagged aquaculture, Atlantic salmon, biotechnology, canola, crop, fatty acid, feed, finfish, fish oil, fishery, fishmeal, genetic modification, hunting, nutrition, oilseed, olive, Omega Camelina, plant_dicot, rapeseed, research, soya, sustainable, vertebrate, veterinary, wildlife | 9 Comments

Negotiating a Transatlantic Agricultural Market

Posted on January 6, 2014 by argylesock

Here’s an American article about the Promises and Perils of the TTIP. That’s the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. As I write this in January 2014, the TTIP is being negotiated. The article I’ve just linked to is from October … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, food, money and trade | Tagged biotechnology, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, disease, feed, feed additive, food safety, genetic modification, growth promotion, hormone, law, livestock, meat, politics, poultry, ractopamine, trade, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, veterinary | 1 Comment

Antibiotics to make livestock grow

Posted on December 15, 2013 by argylesock

Many farmers in the United States feed their herds and flocks antibiotics. Not just when the animals are ill. It’s done routinely to make healthy animals grow faster. Fewer antibiotics are fed here in Europe. But when the Transatlantic Trade … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, food, money and trade | Tagged antibiotic, disease, disease transmission, farmer, feed, feed additive, growth promotion, housing, law, livestock, livestock breed, pig, trade, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, veterinary, weaning | 1 Comment

Is the existing bovine TB eradication policy really working?

Posted on November 2, 2013 by argylesock

One of my favourite sources of information about bovine tuberculosis (bTB, caused by Mycobacterium bovis) is bovinetb.co.uk. Its unnamed author is ‘looking for the reform of a costly and misguided system.’ When I talk to farmers, I often hear support … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, ecology, human health, knowledge transfer, money and trade | Tagged alpaca, cattle, disease, disease reservoir, disease testing, disease transmission, endemic disease, export, farmer, finance, food, food processing, food safety, history, human, knowledge, law, livestock, mammal, meat, milk, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, politics, ruminant, shooting, slaughter, trade, tuberculosis, vaccine, vertebrate, veterinary, welfare, wildlife, zoonosis | 19 Comments

Sustainable Food Systems for Food Security and Nutrition

Posted on October 16, 2013 by argylesock

EFSA is the European Food Safety Authority. EFSA tells us that today, World Food Day 2013, the theme is Sustainable Food Systems for Food Security and Nutrition. Food security, not just a simple belief that all food gets eaten. Nutrition, … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, food, knowledge transfer | Tagged access to food, biodiversity, biotechnology, conservation, crop, ecosystem, feed, feed additive, food, food safety, genetic modification, law, livestock, nutrition, pest, sustainable, veterinary, welfare | 4 Comments

Bovine TB in New Zealand compared to Britain and Ireland

Posted on September 28, 2013 by argylesock

Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is an infectious disease of cattle (Bos primigenius) caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium bovis. You could follow my ‘tuberculosis’ tag. This disease is zoonotic. That is, M. bovis can infect us as well as cattle. Not very … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, ecology, knowledge transfer | Tagged alien species, bacterium, badger, bait, bovine tuberculosis, brushtail possum, disease, disease reservoir, finance, fur, history, human, livestock, mammal, marsupial, mustelid, Mycobacterium bovis, native species, oral vaccination, parental vaccination, pest, research, ruminant, tuberculosis, vaccine, vermin, vertebrate, veterinary, wildlife, zoonosis | 8 Comments

Vaccinating against tuberculosis (part 1)

Posted on September 12, 2013 by argylesock

Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is an infectious disease of cattle (Bos primigenius) caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium bovis. It develops slowly but it ends up very nasty. You might choose to follow the ‘tuberculosis’ tag on my blog. Here in Britain … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, ecology, human health | Tagged alien species, bacterium, badger, BCG vaccine, bovine tuberculosis, brushtail possum, cattle, disease, history, human, lab animal, laboratory, law, livestock, marsupial, Mycobacterium bovis, native species, notifiable disease, research, ruminant, tuberculosis, vaccine, veterinary, wildlife, zoonosis | 3 Comments

Wild deer carrying drug-resistant parasites between cattle and sheep farms

Posted on September 6, 2013 by argylesock

Animal Bytes is published freely by the British Society for Animal Science (BSAS). It’s there to let farmers and vets know what scientists are doing with funding from BSAS. Animal Bytes provides ‘short and incisive updates on topical themes and … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, knowledge transfer | Tagged cattle, drug, drug resistance, evolution, fallow deer, farmer, knowledge, livestock, mammal, nematode, parasite, parasite transmission, red deer, research, roe deer, ruminant, sheep, sustainable, vertebrate, veterinary, wildlife | 4 Comments

What’s the point of shooting badgers?

Posted on August 28, 2013 by argylesock

Here in Britain, the sun has just come up on the 28th of August. Did guns get started on the badgers (Meles meles) last night? It’s not on the mainstream news yet. As you know, last night was yet another … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, ecology | Tagged bacterium, badger, bovine tuberculosis, cattle, disease, farmer, mammal, Mycobacterium bovis, notifiable disease, politics, shooting, tuberculosis, vaccine, vertebrate, veterinary | 4 Comments