Sheep
Gates Foundation awards €2m towards barber's pole worm vaccine
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has donated €2 million (£1.7 million) towards the development of a vaccine against barbers...
Pirbright Institute
Agri-Business
Cattle methane vaccine project receives $9.4m in funding
Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos, has provided $9.4 million (€8.7 million) in funding towards a project examining the viability of a...
Sponsored
Watch: How Cavan farm partnership combats scour
Scour occurs when the gut becomes compromised and calves lose proper functioning of the intestine, resulting in diarrhoea and loss...
Veterinary
£40 million UK animal vaccine centre to be established at Pirbright
A new £40 million centre at Pirbright to develop vaccines for zoonotic diseases that spread from animals to humans is...
Rural Life
Cattle immune cell breakthrough to open avenues for treating disease
A collaborative study has made a breakthrough characterising new immune cells in cattle which could change how livestock diseases are...
Rural Life
Pirbright begins testing potential Covid-19 vaccines on animals
The UK’s Pirbright Institute is to begin testing new coronavirus vaccines on animals to help combat the Covid-19 pandemic. Working...