Farmers with livestock affected by bluetongue face an anxious wait to measure the impact the virus has had on their animals' fertility. Bluetongue is an insect-borne viral disease affecting sheep and ...

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 ...

Taskforce made a series of recommendations to the Government, which Defra said it is considering – but it ruled out a ...

Overall animal use is said to have fallen by 29% over the same period despite an increase in the number of vaccines being released, while the proportion of veterinary vaccines rel ...

Torridge councillors are asking the government to do more to help farmers affected by the ongoing bluetongue crisis. Members have supported a motion calling on Defra to urgently provide financial and ...

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 ...

The average number of animals needed to check the quality, safety and effectiveness of a single batch of animal vaccine fell by 41% - from 29 animals in 2013 to 17 in 2024. Overall animal use fell by ...

September 23rd…Congressman Nick Langworthy (NY-23) and Congressman Mark Pocan (WI-02) today announced the introduction of the Companion Animal Protection Against Cruel Testing (COMPACT) Act, the most ...

New legislation in the House would also give some animals used in federally funded laboratories a chance at adoption ...

A major federal investment and four other initiatives signal growing momentum to replace experiments on animals.