Vets have an essential role to play in safeguarding the health and wellbeing of farm animals at the hardest times in their lives, writes Philip Lymbery. But confronted with the ugly reality of the ...

Anecdotal evidence shows that if you’ve ever been a child, there’s a good chance you wanted to become a veterinarian. And if you read James Herriot’s pastoral tales of life as a Yorkshire country vet, ...

UK farm vets must brush up on communication skills and deliver a core advisory service rather than just hands-on diagnosis or face having income undermined by suppliers offering free vet advice. That ...

One night last spring, Andy Berry, a livestock farmer in Mississippi, was working the phone. One of his cows was experiencing a life-threatening breech birth and his regular veterinarian, 40 minutes ...