This module explores the causes and prevention of abortion in cattle.

Genetic improvement is a powerful tool for improving animal agriculture sustainability because the results are permanent and cumulative. Unlike nutritional and animal health interventions, which require continuous inputs, genetic improvements are made in one generation are passed onto the next...

Aim of the project:

The project will aim to look at two aspects, firstly to investigate the...

Main Objectives

• Improve grass utilisation.
• Maintain farm profitability while reducing reliance on subsidies.
• Secure a viable farming business for the next generation.

Orsedd Fawr Farm Facts

Demonstration Site Project

“There is...

Neonatal calf diseases present a significant challenge to calf health, welfare, and farm profitability in the UK. A range of diseases contribute to morbidity and mortality aside from scour and pneumonia in calves during the first month of life. Many...

Project aim:

The main aim of this project is to fully understand the true health status of the flock at College Farm; identify the level of these diseases in...

Gaerfechan have diversified into a free range egg production enterprise comprising of 32,000 bird unit. To complement the project the need for tree planting to establish woodland areas...

Project aims:

• To move from an high cost (money and time) indoor lambing system, to a robust, income generating outdoor lambing
• Establish a healthy flock, as a...

Johne's disease or paratuberculosis is greatly under-diagnosed in many UK sheep flocks. 

The disease is characterised by emaciation but not, as in cattle, chronic severe diarrhoea. Disease is encountered in all sheep husbandry systems, including extensively managed flocks. 

In many...