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Please browse this page and follow the Trail above leading to others with interesting and helpful information relating to farming practice. Please also see the Message Board and News Page for the latest information.
or use the Links page to information from useful sources including various breed societies for livestock and the search engine if you are seeking something in particular, it's almost bound to be here somewhere!

Bluetongue -
Please see the Bluetongue page for more information  - Click here!

Bird Flu -
See the Bird Flu pages for more information on Avian Influenza - Click here!

African Horse Sickness - 
Information about AHS spread by the same midge as Bluetongue - Click here! 

FMD Updates 2007 -  

The Foot and Mouth Disease Review 2007 (.pdf file 1423.12KB (1457275 bytes)- Click here!
For a smaller version of the FMD Review
(.pdf file 981.06KB (1004607 bytes)- Click here! 
Farmtalking's submission to the (Anderson Inquiry) FMD Review 2007 - Click here!

The Spratt Report -

here - (.pdf file 981.06KB (1004607 bytes) small version) 
An independent review of the UK facilities handling FMD virus
(.pdf 729.40KB -746906 bytes) - Click here!
DEFRA FMD: Policy and legislation -
Click here!
Listen to a farmer in the FMD Control Zone -
Click here! 
Listen to 'On your Farm'  and the farmers affected by FMD 2007 -
Click here!

Information about TB testing
For the pages concerning TB Testing published
by DEFRA - Click here!
For answers to your questions - Click here!
For info about the procedure - Click here!
 
As access via the Internet is not possible for some, I suggest they call their local Animal Health office and ask for the information to be sent to them. For the location of the AH offices - Click here!

- Farming Forum over the future of male dairy calves - Click here!

Wanted! - Click here!

DEFRA - Draft Statutory Instrument - Double Tagging Sheep & Goats - Click here!
EU - Electronic tagging of Sheep and Goats - Questions & Answers - Click here! 

Urgent - Sheep Farmers Wanted! - Click here!
Contingency Plan for Exotic Animal Diseases - December 2006 - Click here

Links listed below to useful pages on other web sites

On Farm Animal Welfare Legislation - Click here!
DEFRA's - On Farm Burial Ban & Fallen Stock Scheme - Click here!
DEFRA's Avian Flu Control Policy - 
Click here!
Environmental Regulations - Click here!
The Scottish Executive's Organic Action Plan - Click here!
Check out Warmwell's FMD & Bluetongue Pages - Click here!



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