09 February 2010
Infectious disease is still the most important veterinary problem in farm animal medicine. While there are vaccines available for many diseases in man and animals for some diseases it has not yet been possible to produce effective products.
20 January 2010
Hydatid disease is a serious parasitic zoonotic condition associated with sheep farming in the UK and many other parts of the world. The causal agent, Echinococcus granulosus granulosus, is a small (typically only 3 – 5 mm long) tapeworm that lives in the small intestine of canidae (domestic and wild dog species).
02 April 2009
Economists and agricultural scientists tend to be optimistic in their assessment of the world's ability to support its rapidly growing population, whereas environmentalists tend to be pessimistic, and it’s not difficult to see why.