Vets will now be able to diagnose bluetongue virus in livestock so farmers do not have to wait for confirmed test results under changes announced by the government. The potentially deadly virus, which ...

New figures published by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) show far fewer animals are being used to release batches of veterinary vaccines than a decade ago. The average number of animals ...

There are some lines from the classic science fiction novel Dune by Frank Herbert that I often ponder. “Once men turned their ...

Gene-edited bananas that do not go brown are set to hit British shelves for the first time. A variety of the fruit that has ...

The disease has been rife in Devon ...

Ed Jackson tests the £5,299 thermal riflescope, with its 1280x1024 sensor, Dual Clarity and rangefinder, on foxes and deer.

Charlie Blance on why a full-time stalker goes bowhunting in Portugal for Iberian red deer, wild boar and fallow, where ...

There are currently 1,465 potential cases of bluetongue under investigation where suspicious clinical signs have been reported and test results are being awaited. In the past week, 61 new cases have ...

The Union pressed the Welsh Government to do all it could to introduce immediate measures to relieve pressure on the industry, including moves to increase the 70% farm support Advance Payments in ...

Farmers seek fertility testing for their animals to establish the virus's impact on breeding.