A disease that can lead to lambs and calves being stillborn or deformed has spread to every county in England and Wales. Some farmers are expected to lose livestock during the lambing season, which is ...

As the livestock breeding season kicks into gear, here’s some top tips to help reduce the risk of Schmallenberg virus in your herd or flock. 1. Postpone tupping until after late autumn when ...

Michael Goldie lost more than half his lambs in January through the Schmallenberg virus A livestock farmer has lost more than half his newborn lambs in one of the first Scottish cases of a deadly ...

Sheep and cattle farmers looking to protect their stock from the midge-borne Schmallenberg virus this breeding season now have access to a new vaccine. Zulvac SBV, from animal health company Zoetis, ...

Or at least, that's where it was first noticed a month before Christmas by scientists who examined a dead, new-born lamb with terrible deformities, on one of the 100 or so farms in the area. As is ...

Schmallenberg virus is present in the UK this summer and could spread throughout the country, scientists say. Staff from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) and Institute for Animal Health (IAH) found ...

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Tens of thousands of lambs have been stillborn or deformed throughout Britain as a result of the deadly Schmallenberg virus, with the industry bracing itself for what could be a blighted lambing ...