Home › Cuts to Farm Animal Health Surveillance Could Risk New Diseases
 

Keywords :   


Cuts to Farm Animal Health Surveillance Could Risk New Diseases

2013-12-09 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

UK - The Royal College of Pathologists warns today (5 December 2013) that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ (Defra) plan to down-size its network of laboratories and reduce animal post-mortems puts at risk the health of livestock, including cattle, sheep and pigs, and means new and re-merging infections could be missed.

Tags: health risk animal farm

Category:Agriculture and Forestry

Latest from this category

All news
01.07Farm Progress America, July 1, 2024
01.07Farm Progress America, July 1, 2024
28.06Cattle producers celebrate Supreme Court decision to rein in administrative overreach
28.06Commitment leads to success in cattle marketing
28.06Cost of summer cookout reaches record high
28.06Farm Progress America, June 28, 2024
28.06Farm Progress America, June 28, 2024
28.06USDA moves to change livestock competition rules
Agriculture and Forestry »
01.07Hurricane Beryl Graphics
01.07Hurricane Beryl Public Advisory Number 11A
01.07Summary for Hurricane Beryl (AT2/AL022024)
01.07Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook
01.07Eastern North Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook
01.07Tropical Depression Chris Graphics
01.07Tropical Depression Chris Public Advisory Number 3A
01.07Union expected to call off Port Talbot strike action
More »