Farmer tells of youngstock mortality rate at zero following BVD control programme
Frimley, 21 November 2011 – Fife farmer Bob Mitchell has made a strong case for Scotland’s Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) eradication programme when he described how youngstock deaths on his farm dropped from 14% to zero in a year after implementing a control programme.Speaking at a seminar at the AgriScot event in Edinburgh, Mr Mitchell said he began the programme in October 2010 after BVD control became a choice in the Single Farm Payment Land Management Option (LMO). He began working with Dr Paul Burr of Hi Health Herdcare cattle health scheme and Tay Valley Vets. The LMO is part of the