Advice for dairy farmers: BVD nearly beat: IBR and Johne’s next

Up to about a decade ago, BVD was wrecking many dairy farms, and the cause was not often clearly identified.

But the formation of Animal Health Ireland (AHI) a few years ago was a great start to having a systematic approach to tackling diseases such as BDV on Irish farms.

The AHI, under the chairmanship of Mike Magan, a top dairy farmer, has made great progress.