More than 800 German farms have been hit by a new livestock disease that causes deformities in animals at birth, agriculture authorities said Friday. Most of the 820 farms where the so-called ...

NFU Senior Veterinary Adviser Claire White explains why reporting abortions and foetal deformities in cattle and sheep 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 ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The outbreak of a new livestock disease in western Europe last year, particularly harmful to offspring, could move further into areas surrounding the worst affected countries in ...

From last August, a mysterious disease began appearing in adult cattle in Holland and Germany. Later, in November, sheep, cattle and goats in those countries, as well as in Belgium, began suffering ...

Sheep farmers buying in breeding stock from areas badly hit by Schmallenberg virus are being advised to conduct fertility tests on rams. Maarten Boers, a vet from the Livestock Partnership, warned ...

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 ...