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Tackling endemic diseases in cattle and sheep – A New Support
Tackling endemic diseases in cattle and sheep – A New Support
Post date
June 2024
Tackling endemic diseases in cattle and sheep – A New Support
DEFRA has announced a new support to help farmers tackle BVD and various health conditions in sheep. The Farm to Fork Summit saw the Prime announce this new support, which will be available from Summer 2024, to help livestock farmers with these ongoing issues.
Livestock farmers can receive a set fee for each animal species:
- Sheep - £639
- Cattle with no BVD - £215
Where BVD is present within beef and dairy herds, a higher rate will be offered from between £837 to £1733.
The support will initially be available for sheep and beef cattle, with dairy cattle added soon after.
The funding aims to eradicate BVD in cattle herds and will fund identification of persistently infected cattle and veterinary advice to eliminate the endemic disease on the farm.
Sheep farmers may discuss with their vet specific health issues relevant to their flock and will target and improve these issues after the initial consultation.
A biosecurity assessment will also be funded for, along with advice on how the disease might have entered and spread across the farm.
To be eligible for the new funding, farmers will need to have first had their annual Health and Welfare review.
The annual health and welfare review, which was launched in 2023, provides funding for an annual vet visit, using a vet of their choice. Funding includes:
- £436 for sheep
- £522 for beef cattle
- £372 for Dairy cattle
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