Survey to Determine the Prevelance of infection with BVD Virus in Suckler and Dairy Herds in Northern Ireland (RCF-01)
Duration 2 Years
Team and Leader AFBI, Stormont
Organisations Involved AgriSearch (Project Leader and Co-Funder), DARD Research Challenge Fund (Co-Funder), Ulster Farmers Union, AFBI - Stormont (Research Partner)
Background and Summary
Bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) is the most significant endemic viral disease in the United Kingdom from both a welfare and an economic perspective, and the prospect of control and eradication of BVDV is currently the subject of considerable attention in both the UK and Ireland.