THE 2025 Biosecurity Targeted Advisory Service for Animal Health (TASAH) has been launched. Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon announced €8.2m in funding for the service which will aim to support farmers to assess and implement biosecurity measures on their farms.

Funded by the Rural Development Programme, the free service will provide an advisory aid in terms of animal health to support farmers in their response to challenges identified on their farms and will be administered by Animal Health Ireland (AHI).

Minister Heydon said that practising good biosecurity on farm is key to protecting and improving animal health, welfare and improving productivity, as well as protecting public health.

Parasitic control

“The contribution of this programme and the engagement by both private veterinary practitioners and farmers is a key driver in improving the productivity and ultimately, profitability, of Irish farms through focusing on animal health at farm level,” he said. “This will allow the completion of 30,000 biosecurity assessments on Irish farms and will facilitate parasitic control programmes on cattle and sheep farms, as well as equine holdings.”

Farmers can register online from today at the Animal Health website. The programme will end on October 31st, 2025.