Are James Herriot's days over? Sunday, March 4, 2012 Britain's animal agriculture faces the same challenges as does Canada's. There are too few vets in the countryside any more. It's worrying Agriculture Minister Jim Paice, who says more vets than ever are needed to stop animal disease outbreaks in intensive swine and poultry operations.A recent study by the University of Newcastle found that the time vets in private practice spend treating food animals fell by half between 1998 and 2006. As in Canada, 80 per cent of veterinary college students are female and all students are encouraged to specialize early.Britain knows more about animal agriculture epidemics than most Western nations, having undergone a BSE epidemic and survived a foot-and-mouth disease purge, both in the last 20 years.The James Herriot days of a country vet treating "all creatures great and small" are long gone, Paice says. BF Utah dairy farmers take on the power company Leasing land becomes a GMO question
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New Canadian Swine Research Targets Piglet Disease Monday, March 23, 2026 Swine InnovationPorc(SIP) is investing in new research to address Streptococcus suis, a harmful bacterial disease affecting post-weaned piglets led byDongyanXu Niu at the University of Calgary. This disease can cause serious health problems such as respiratory illness, meningitis, and sudden... Read this article online