THE BVD Eradication Programme has brought PI (persistently infected) rates to record low levels on Irish farms in 2019 – down to 0.04% – according to...
THE incidence of BVD (Bovine Viral Disease) infection in Irish cattle herds has fallen from 0.66% in 2013 to just 0.06% in 2018, according to the...
THERE has been a major reduction between 2013 and this year in the incidence of persistently infected (PI) calves under the National Bovine Viral Disease Eradication...
BVD tissue tagging will continue to remain a reality for farmers for the next year or two at least – as small pockets of the infection...
