Iceland Tightens Regulations on Blood Mare Farms
Blood mare farming, the practice of extracting blood from pregnant mares for sale, will soon be subject to a licence in Iceland. This is one
Blood mare farming, the practice of extracting blood from pregnant mares for sale, will soon be subject to a licence in Iceland. This is one
Iceland’s sheep farmers are working day and night to help their ewes give birth. The lambing season spans across five weeks from late April into
Icelandic farmers produced nearly five tonnes of beef last year, an all-time record for the country. The most-produced meat was lamb, at 9,388 tonnes, with
Bird flu was confirmed in eight out of 15 samples that were taken from wild birds in Iceland last week, Iceland’s Food and Veterinary Authority
A sheep farmer’s worst nightmare is if one of his sheep starts to scratch more than usual. If their sheep start to show nerves, tremble, or grind their teeth, they should be really worried. An unstable walk or sheep that spend most of the time lying down might be showing symptoms of scrapie, the ovine […]
Icelandic fishing companies are likely to be granted an additional quota of ca. 50,000 tonnes’ worth of capelin, Vísir reports. The announcement comes as the
Six sheep on the farm Þernunes in Reyðarfjörður, East Iceland, hold the key to eradicating the fatal disease scrapie from the country. RÚV reports that
Sheep that carry special genes could hold they key to eradicating the fatal disease scrapie from Iceland, RÚV reports. The ewes Tignarleg, located on a
A six-month old Aberdeen angus calf born through surrogacy in Iceland will be used as a breeding animal in Kjósarhreppur near Reykjavík. The embryo was
The number of sheep in Iceland continues to decrease, according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture. In the winter of 2020, there were 400,724
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