Animal Health
Farm antibiotic usage fell further in 2018
The latest figures showing a further annual fall in antibiotic usage by the UK livestock industry have been welcomed by regulators and industry alike. The UK Veterinary Antibiotic Resistance and Sales Surveillance (UK-VARSS) report for 2018 from the Veterinary...
RUMA refreshes farm antibiotics task force
The cross-industry Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture (RUMA) alliance has refreshed and expanded the task force it set up three years ago to identify targets for antibiotic use in UK farm livestock. The alliance says that each livestock sector is now on track...
Assurance standards drive lower antibiotic use
The use of the highest-priority critically important antibiotics (HP-CIAs) in UK ruminant production continues to fall, with the change driven by tighter farm assurance standards. Sales of fluoroquinolones and 3rd and 4th generation cephalosporins for UK farm...
New CEO for Zoetis
The world’s largest animal health company, Zoetis, has appointed a new chief executive with effect from January next year. The former Pfizer Animal Health was separated from its parent in 2012 under chief executive Juan Ramon Alaix who has led the company since then...
Brinicombe explores anti-parasite diet for aquaculture
The Denis Brinicombe group is participating in research to see if its polysulphide plant extract technology PST22 could be a sustainable solution to the problem of sea lice in farmed fish production. The company is already working with Rothamsted Research to evaluate...
SRUC remodels Scotland’s animal disease surveillance
Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) is to rationalise its farm animal disease surveillance service into fewer, more central locations by April 2020. The move has been cautiously accepted by Scottish farmers. RUC Veterinary Services delivers the Scottish Government...
