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A Focus on Udder Health
The European Mastitis Panel has called for effective and economic solutions in udder health after the third meeting of the European Mastitis Panel (EMP).

Seventeen experts from seven European countries attended the two-day meeting in April 2010 hosted by the French EMP-team, Luc Durel, Francis Sérieys and Nathalie Bareille, all experts in udder health in France.

According to the group, the biggest challenges currently facing the European dairy industry are the decrease of up to 25 percent in the price of milk in the last two years, the future removal of the milk quota system in 2015 and the change of structure in dairy farms. The EMP states that effective and economic solutions must be implemented to help deal with these challenges.

"There is not an unique European answer to the challenges in dairy business, but we can learn a lot from each other. That's why we gathered at this meeting", commented Jantijn Swinkels, DVM and Global Technical Director of Ruminants at Intervet/ Schering-Plough Animal Health, who organizes the meeting every year in a different European country.

The European Mastitis Panel has become a dedicated, well established group of mastitis experts and an important platform for discussion and networking in Europe. "Every year I listen, talk and discuss with my European colleagues", one EMP-member pointed out, "Some ideas seem to be very traditional, others very innovative. In any case I take something home. This year it is the advancement of cooperation in my country."


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Birmingham Dogs Home makes urgent appeal

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 Birmingham Dogs Home has issued an urgent winter appeal as it faces more challenges over the Christmas period.

The rescue centre has seen a dramatic increase in dogs coming into its care, and is currently caring for over 200 dogs. With rising costs and dropping temperatures, the charity is calling for urgent support.

It costs the charity £6,000 per day to continue its work.

Fi Harrison, head of fundraising and communications, said: "It's heart-breaking for our team to see the conditions some dogs arrive in. We really are their last chance and hope of survival."

More information about the appeal can be found here. 

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Avian flu confirmed at premises in Cornwall

A case of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 has been detected in commercial poultry at a premises near Rosudgeon, Cornwall.

All poultry on the infected site will be humanely culled, and a 3km protection zone and 10km surveillance zone have been put in place. Poultry and other captive birds in the 3km protection zone must be housed.

The case is the second avian flu case confirmed in commercial poultry this month. The H5N5 strain was detected in a premises near Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, in early November. Before then, the disease had not been confirmed in captive birds in England since February.

The UK chief veterinary officer has urged bird keepers to remain alert and practise robust biosecurity.

A map of the disease control zones can be found here.