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 Well if you are a small holder in my local Norfolk or surrounding counties, take care. SBV - a disease thought to have made its way over inside midges blown across the channel - has been causing havoc with the sheep farming community and has the potential to spread to other animals. SBV or the Schmallenberg virus is responsible for lambs being still born or with a defect causing them to...

A new type of the potentially deadly MRSA bacteria in dairy cows that is almost identical to one found in hospital patients has infected humans in the UK, Ireland and Denmark. It’s the first time that MRSA has been discovered in farm animals in the UK, and the researchers believe that it was passed from farm animals to humans. The study was published today in the medical journal The...

We had rabbit pie last night.  Made from freshly culled bunny.  I can’t claim credit for despatch of said rabbit, or its transformation from plant nibbler to tasty nibble.  That goes to two friends with airgun and culinary skills more finely honed than mine own. As I greedily wolfed down rabbit cooked in white wine, herbs and the killer secret ingredient lemon rind, the...