Publications

Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle Information Sheet

A comprehensive and integrated framework for Government, Agencies and external partners to help tackle the risk posed and reduce the negative impact caused by invasive alien species in Northern Ireland.

Upper Foyle Catchment Stakeholder Group Meeting 23 May 2013 - presentations from Catchment Officer, Regional Manager and Freshwater Group Manager.

The Northern Ireland Invasive Alien Species Strategy is an important step forward in our efforts to tackle the threat posed by invasive species.

All drivers and attendants of animals being transported on journeys of over 65 km are required to have been assessed for competence. The competence required is specific to the role of the person involved, and...

These documents provide useful guidance in relation to the specifications of trailers and vehicles for (construction and use) associated with the transport of animals

This Guidance has been prepared to assist with uniform application of Council Regulation (EC) 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations (The Regulation) as it applies to live animal shipments carried...

This Guidance has been prepared to assist with uniform application of Council Regulation (EC) 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations (The Regulation) as it applies to shipments of farm animals...

This document provides information and advice in relation to the enforcement guidelines adopted for the welfare of animals during transport.

These forms should be used by authorised laboratories to record monthly test results in the control of salmonella in poultry flocks as well as animal by-products.

The primary purpose of the model was to provide evidence to DARD to assist in the design of a badger intervention research study, specifically in relation to comparing a TVR strategy of badger vaccination of...

This document is a review of the diagnostic tests for the M. Bovis infection in badgers as carried out by AFBI.

Belfast Lough and Lagan Catchment Stakeholder Group Meeting 22 May 2013 minutes and presentations

Profitable Lifetime index (£PLI) is the primary selection index used for ranking dairy cattle in the UK. It is based on a series of production traits (milk, butterfat and protein yield) making up 45 percent...

One of the targets of Greenmount’s Future Herd is an average lifetime yield of 40,000 litres per cow. A technology investigation was conducted in collaboration with United Dairy Farmers and Holstein UK which established that...

Sire Fertility Index was developed by scientists at the University of Edinburgh and Scottish Agricultural College with the aim of improving dairy cow fertility through breeding from more fertile bulls. Each one-point increase in a...

Sexed semen has been commercially available to farmers in the UK since 2000. Due to the sorting process, there are fewer sperm cells in each straw than conventional semen and conception rates are generally expected...

CVM is a genetic condition in Holstein cattle that leads to embryonic loss and abortion. It is only a problem when two CVM carrier animals are mated and was first discovered in 2000 when the...

Upper Neagh Bann Catchment Stakeholders Group Meeting 16 May 2013 minutes and presentations

The Agricultural Market Report provides average prices for clean cattle and sheep and for breeding animals, as well as prices for pigs, broiler chickens, potatoes and cereals in Northern Ireland.