sh animal feed industry has been boosted by new government funding which aims to eradicate two diseases which harm cattle.
The Scottish government will fund a £400,000 programme to prevent bovine viral diarrhoea, a potentially fatal disease which affects 40 per cent of cattle herds in the country.
Farmers will be able to screen their animals for the disease at subsidised rates, with those infected then isolated and slaughtered.
Meanwhile, the Scottish Funding Council has given the Scottish Agricultural College (SAC) £800,000 to help control the spread of Johne's Disease.
Professor George Gunn, head of SAC's Epidemiology Unit in Inverness, said: "There is an increasing determination to understand how to tackle Johnes – which is also known as ParaTB – effectively, develop best practice and to pass that knowledge on.
"It is a disease with real economic, health and welfare concerns for the livestock industry and one the whole sector wants to address."
The developments could save farmers a lot of money as cattle survival rates increase, furthering the demand for animal feed throughout Scotland.
Typical Guttridge equipment used in the animal feed industry includes; conveyors – screw conveyors – chain conveyors – belt conveyors
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