Animal Health - General Aspects

Defra orders 22.2million doses of Bluetongue serotpe 8 vaccine for England: for farmers to buy if they want to. What kind of health policy is that?
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland

It seems one can only despair over the UK's Bluetongue vaccination programme
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm, Comrie, Perthshire

Bluetongue serotype 8 vaccination policy for England and Wales
Ruth Watkins: Hill Sheep Farmer, Wales: Formerly Consultant Virologist, St Mary's Hospital, London

DEFRA press release concerning tendering for Bluetongue v8 vaccine makes incredulous reading
James Irvine: Teviot Scientfic, Cultybraggan Farm, Comrie, Perthshire

Avian Influenza: an assessment of the threat to Scotland. Royal Society of Edinburgh publishes a flawed report
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm, Comrie, Perthshire

How BT8 may have got into the UK. The stupidity of it beggars belief
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm, Comrie, Perthshire

The first case ever of Bluetongue in the UK
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm, Comrie, Perthshire

The Bluetongue virus threat to UK livestock this summer
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm, Comrie, Perthshire

Basic mistakes in the control of FMD UK2001 that must not be repeated
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Edinburgh and Perthshire, Scotland

Debbie Reynolds, UK Chief Vet, places surprising report to OIE on H5N1 episode
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Edinburgh & Perthshire

Bird flu' anger as dead swan is left to rot by officials
Jo Rostron: Columnist, Yorkshire Evening Post

The management of Avian Flu H5N1: If not us, who? If not now, when?
Letter to Land-Care
Dr Roger Breeze: former Head of Plum Island, US Department of Agriculture

So Avian Influenza H5 has arriv ed in GB. But how is it being handled?
James Irvine, Teviot Scientific, Edinburgh and Perthshire

Putting the contingency plan into operation - but with the same mistakes, yet again.
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Edinburgh & Cultybraggan Farm, Perthshire

European confusion over Avian Flu control measures
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Edinburgh & Cultybraggan Farm, Comrie, Perthshire

Avian flu
Dr Ruth Watkins: farmer and retired clinical virologist

Seeking clarification from DEFRA about their H5N1 vaccination policy: copy of email sent to Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer
James Irvine, Editor, www.land-care.org.uk

H5N1 can kill cats, be they big or small.
Editorial

DEFRA orders 2.3 million doses of Avian flu vaccine from Intervet, primarily for zoos.
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Edinburgh & Perthshire

So what is the score with avian flu vaccines?
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Edinburgh & Perthshire

Update on Avian flu: 24th February 2006.
Editorial

Avian flu five years on from FMD UK2001: have we learnt anything?
James Irvine: Teviot Scientific, Perthshire & Edinburgh

A solution any birdbrain should see: as avian flu can spread unpredictably, vaccination is the humane and intelligent option.
Magnus Linklater: Columnist, The Times

Cattle farmers in England at end of their tether with DEFRA over TB control.
James Irvine:Teviot Scientific, Perthshire and Edinburgh

Five years on from FMD UK 2001 and still inadequate recognition of tests for early diagnosis
Editorial

BVA response to DEFRA's measures to control bovine TB
Editorial

Draft Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Bill: response to SEERAD consultation document
James Irvine, Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm, Comrie, Perthshire

Proposal for a new organic status for hill farmers and conservation farmers: Organic "B" introduction and problems with the organic rules
Ruth Watkins, Welsh Hill Farmer and former Consultant Virologist.

Policy and science of FMD control
Mary Marshall and Paul Roger, Animal Health Resources Ltd

BVA Congress 2004: address by President Tim Greet
Article

SVS says that the recent TB situation in Perthshire cattle is "nothing unusual"
James Irvine, Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm, Comrie, Perthshire

DEFRA statistcs for TB in cattle: January - August 2004

Alleged outbreak of TB in cattle in Perthshire
James Irvine, Teviot Scientific, Cultybraggan Farm, Comrie, Perthshire

Veterinary Services to the Cattle and Sheep Sectors
SAC Workshop 2nd June 2003, Norton House, Ingliston
James Irvine