A recent survey of 6,000 cows in Northern Ireland by AHBI at Hillsborough concluded that one third of all Northern Ireland herds had lameness problems, costing over €250 per case of lameness.

BULGARIA captain Dimitar Berbatov has warned his Manchester United team-mates John O’Shea and Darron Gibson to expect a hostile atmosphere when the Republic of Ireland play their World Cup qualifier in Sofia on Saturday.