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Areas of dense vegetiation and leaf litter present a higher risk of tick infestations and farmers should be mindful to this in putting a control programme in place. / Valerie O Sullivan
Farmers in many parts of the country have reported an increase in the incidence of tickborne diseases in young lambs in recent years.
It was therefore fitting that the recent Teagasc hill sheep conference included an in-depth presentation on ticks and tickborne diseases, delivered by Annetta Zintl from the School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin.
Annetta says the greatest threat of tick infestations is in areas with dense vegetation or thick leaf cover.
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+ March 04, 2021 FOR the first time ever, after three successful events, the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) of Southwestern University (SWU) PHINMA held its annual Pet Power Revolution online through the university’s Facebook page on Feb. 25, 2021.
The annual event which started in 2018 and was usually held in malls, aims to gather pets and pet owners, educate pet owners through lectures, advocate animal welfare, highlight the other side of the veterinary profession and promote the protection of small pets and animals.
SWU PHINMA as the only private veterinary school in the Visayas and Mindanao, also wants to offer free veterinary services, and provide an avenue for students who aspire to become veterinarians and meet inspiring people in the field.
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The proposal to lay blame for anthelmintic resistance at the doorstep of farmers by making wormers POM is taking the easy option. \ Philip Doyle
The Department of Agriculture is moving to introduce new regulations that, from January 2022, will require farmers purchasing antiparasitic drugs (wormers) to obtain a veterinary prescription. The extra layer of regulatory and cost burden being passed on to farmers has been linked to new EU rules on prescribing animal medicines.
The new regulations, which were adopted in 2019, follow ongoing reviews and revisions of legislation introduced in 2004 which required that all veterinary medicine products intended for use in food-producing animals should be subject to veterinary prescription control.