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Government boosts funding for free vet visits to help tackle disease

The Animal Health and Welfare Pathway has been expanded for multiple flocks and herds, in a move aiming to reduce disease and boost farm profitability

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Government boosts funding for free vet visits to help tackle disease

Livestock farmers can now access funded vet visits for multiple herds or flocks belonging to the same farming business, after Defra announced an extension to the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway. More...

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