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USDA updated regulations regarding meats, prepared meats and meat products. The final rule updated administrative and organizational references, clarified agency action as it relates to the withdrawal or denial of [...]

Byline: Lauren Harris A farmer shot an out-of-control dog after it killed two pregnant ewes in a field in County Durham. Two unsupervised German shepherd-type dogs attacked a flock of [...]

Byline: Richard Allison Robert Law farms 1,700ha on the Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Essex borders growing cereals, mustard, a range of forage crops for seed, sugar beet, up to 200ha of [...]

Byline: Robert Law Robert Law farms 1,700ha on the Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Essex borders growing cereals, mustard, a range of forage crops for seed, sugar beet, up to 200ha of [...]

Byline: Robert Law Robert Law farms 1,700ha on the Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Essex borders growing cereals, mustard, a range of forage crops for seed, sugar beet, up to 200ha of [...]

Byline: Robert Law Hertfordshire Blackgrass threatens the future of oats Robert Law farms 1,700ha on the Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Essex borders growing cereals, mustard, a range of forage crops for [...]

Byline: Shunji Suzuki, Gordon G. Power Keywords: Adenosine; brain temperature; fetal sheep; umbilical cord occlusion; theophylline Abstract: Objective: The purpose of this study was to test adenosine's possible suppression of heat production by the ovine fetal brain during acute hypoxia. Study Design: Hypoxia was induced by occluding the umbilical cord for 5 minutes in 8 fetal sheep with and without an adenosine receptor blocker, theophylline, and fetal brain and core temperatures were recorded. Results: In 8 untreated fetuses, cord occlusion induced severe but reversible hypoxemia (decrease in carotid arterial PO.sub.2 from 23 [+ or -] 1 to 5 [+ or -] 1 mm Hg (P < .01), a 2.3-fold increase in plasma adenosine, and an increase in body core temperature of 0.19[degrees]C [+ or -] 0.03[degrees]C (P < .01), yet brain temperature remained constant. However, after cord occlusion with prior and continuing administration of theophylline, brain temperature did not increase as hypothesized but rather decreased, suggesting marked reductions in cerebral metabolic rate. This response occurred despite similar degrees of hypoxemia and similar increases in plasma adenosine and body core temperature. Conclusion: We conclude that the temperature of the fetal ovine brain remains constant or decreases during severe reversible hypoxemia by mechanisms other than those dependent on adenosine. (Am J Obstet Gynecol 1999;181:681-7.) Article History: Received 24 November 1998; Revised 30 March 1999; Accepted 9 April 1999 Article Note: (footnote) [star] From the Center for Perinatal Biology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine., [star][star] Supported in part by grant HD 16827 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development., a Reprint requests: Gordon G. Power, MD, Center for Perinatal Biology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA 92350., aa 0002-9378/99 $8.00 + 0 6/1/99213

Byline: Robert Law Robert Law farms 1,700ha on the Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Essex borders growing cereals, mustard, a range of forage crops for seed, sugar beet, up to 200ha of [...]

Byline: Robert Law Robert Law farms 1,700ha on the Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Essex borders growing cereals, mustard, a range of forage crops for seed, sugar beet, up to 200ha of [...]

Byline: Robert Law Robert Law farms 1,700ha on the Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Essex borders, growing cereals, mustard, a range of forage crops for seed, sugar beet, up to 200ha of [...]

Byline: Robert Law Robert Law farms 1,700ha on the Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Essex borders growing cereals, mustard, a range of forage crops for seed, sugar beet, up to 200ha of [...]

Byline: Robert Law Robert Law farms 1,700ha on the Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Essex borders growing cereals, mustard, a range of forage crops for seed, sugar beet, up to 200ha of [...]

Byline: Robert Law Robert Law farms 1,700ha on the Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Essex borders, growing cereals, mustard, a range of forage crops for seed, sugar beet, up to 200ha of [...]

EU farm ministers on Tuesday failed to reach agreement on reform of the sheep sector, leaving the future of the regime uncertain. Ministers were unable to agree on the key [...]

EU farm ministers reached unanimous agreement on a reform of the rice regime and a declaration which could be worth up to I26 million£ in aid to Irish sheep farmers [...]

New EU electronic sheep tagging regulations will apply in Wales from January 2010, despite the reservations of Welsh Assembly Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones. She told an Assembly Plenary session [...]

EXCLUSIVE * Electronic or manual tag choice * Applies for sheep destined for slaughter By Jack Davies and William Surman INDUSTRY leaders have finally agreed a workable solution for the [...]

Experts from the different EU member states, in a recent meeting of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health (SCFCAH), agreed to reduce the electronic identification requirements [...]

Over 10,000 people attended the NSA-organised Sheep 2008, held bi- annually at Malvern's Three Counties Showground. Barry Alston and Joanne Pugh report. AROUND 1,000 signatures were collected by the NSA [...]

SHEEP movement rules described by the Farmers Union of Wales as `excessive red tape' became law this week. The new rules first came to light last September, sparking strong criticism [...]

NEW YORK -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals placed a 45-day moratorium on its campaign against purchasing Australian wool after reaching an agreement with the Australian Wool Growers [...]

NEW EU sheep ear-tagging rules will cost farmers #96m a year, according to calculations by DEFRA officials, out this week. The EU proposals will mean all Britain's 40 million sheep [...]

FEARS that some major exhibitors could not enter livestock in both the Royal Highland and the Royal Shows due to the six-day rule restrictions may be allayed. The Royal Highland [...]

ANIMAL Health Minister Elliot Morley has promised that industry concerns over EU proposals to double tag sheep will be taken into account in ministerial discussions on new traceability rules. Speaking [...]

FRENCH sheep producers will be more than happy to accept current EU proposals on double tagging sheep, believes one tag manufacturer. Speaking at SIA show in Paris Gregoire Wambergue technical […]

ADVERTS in the farming Press and letters sent by DEFRA are causing confusion among producers, misleading many to believe every sheep or goat born after Feb 1 must be tagged […]

By Marianne Curtis ONE of Britain's leading tag manufacturers is up in arms about how fast the EU is proposing to implement new sheep identification legislation, saying manufacturers and the […]

HERE we go again. The 20-day rule may have all but been consigned to the dustbin of history, but there is no respite for farmers. The parallels between the 20-day [...]

EUROPEAN Food Safety Commissioner David Byrne has shown no signs that he is willing to relent on legislation to make double tagging of all sheep compulsory from July onwards. This [...]

A scathing attack on the proposed legislation for the double tagging of all sheep came from NFU deputy president, Tim Bennett, at Mid Gwynedd NFU's annual meeting in Caernarfon. 'It [...]

COMPULSORY sheep tagging and traceability would be `crass stupidity', a `practical nightmare' and a `total non-starter', farming union and industry leaders have warned. The EU's new draft regulations, which will [...]

By Jonathan Long GENOTYPING sheep to reveal their scrapie resistance could eventually become compulsory when provisions contained in the Animal Health Act are put into practice. The Act includes enabling […]

FLOCKMASTERS and hauliers risk prosecution if they are found transporting newly-shorn sheep in cold weather. The warning comes from Animal Health Minister, Elliot Morley, who says it is an offence […]

FEWER sheep will be kept in the UK if the proposals for Agenda 2000 reform are put in place. Lumping subsidy together in one payment would force many sheep farmers […]

Getting routine animal health products locally and at an acceptable price could be more of an ordeal if changes to an EU directive are adopted next month. Simon Wragg reports […]

SCOTTISH Executive Rural Development Minister Ross Finnie pledged to lead the fight against proposals by France to insist that from July 1 all sheep over six months of age must [...]

FRANCE'S threat to require removal of spinal cord from carcasses of sheep over six months of age brought mixed responses. David Croston, MLC's head of sheep strategy, said trends in […]

By James Garner A RAPID change in DEFRA's new rules governing store and breeding sheep sales that came into force on May 15 has averted potential mayhem in livestock markets, […]

By FWreporters ORGANISERS of the Royal Show - Britain's annual farming showcase - insist they will not change their minds despite widespread criticism after they banned sheep from the July […]