Animal Health & Welfare NI – Promoting improved cattle health and welfare within Northern Ireland

Promoting improved ruminant health and welfare within Northern Ireland

You can now complete the Responsible Medicine Use Course online. The successful completion of this course fulfills Red Tractor requirements on medicine training. You can generate certificate yourself once the training is fully completed. Click her to access training.

Latest News

Foot and Mouth Disease know the signs

13/03/2025

Foot and Mouth Disease is a severe highly contagious viral disease of cattle, sheep, pigs and other cloven-hoofed animals. Advice from the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

PR Fall in retention of BVD Positive cattle

21/03/2025

PR Advice to check the BVD status of older cattle

17/01/2025

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27/11/2024

BVD Eradication Programme

The compulsory phase of a Northern Ireland BVD eradication programme began on 1st March 2016. The programme is based on testing ear punch samples collected using tissue sample-enabled official identity or management tags for BVD virus.