Animal Health

Work to develop a high throughput, low-cost facial eczema (FE) tolerance test for sheep is well underway with a commercial test expected to be made available to laboratories by the end of 2023.

By Rachael Fouhy

Despite regular warnings over recent decades, farmers appear unwilling to tackle the issue of drench resistance in sheep. By Lynda Gray.

Vet Sara Sutherland tries to sort the jargon around the genetics of resistance to parasitic worms.

Mid- and fine-wool breeds miss out on facial eczema tolerance as the core genetics is limited to strong-wool studs from the North Island, Joanna Grigg reports.

James Hoban has built a new woolshed on his Marlborough farm. He outlines how they went about this once-in-a-generation project, why they did it and what worked well.

Whether a sheep has wool or no wool, the one that requires very few inputs is the sheep of the future, vet Trevor Cook writes.

Sleepy sickness, milk fever and grass staggers are metabolic diseases that often strike during a ewe’s late pregnancy, vet Andrew Roe writes.

Royal Canin Energy 4800 has been developed to support adult working dogs during very long, intense periods of activity.