As the Easter weekend approaches and with lengthening daylight hours upon us, the National Sheep Association (NSA) and Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to…
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Experts are advising farmers to worm their sheep based on growth rates and diagnostic data after information on worm patterns showed big variations between regions and…
The Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) group said that while using a faecal egg count reduction test (FECRT) to test for wormer resistance on…
Having a worm control plan is not just about having it written on a piece of paper, it is about having a three-way conversation between the…
A Harper Adams student is calling for sheep farmers to share their experiences of disease spread, resistance and control, as he seeks to gain a better…
Worming ewes around lambing remains a common practice in UK flocks, but with most sheep farmers now aware that over-use of wormers is a major factor…
To reduce the selection pressure for anthelmintic resistance (AR), experts are advising farmers worming ewes around lambing to treat according to their body condition score (BCS)…
The Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) and Control of Cattle Parasites Sustainably (COWS) groups have issued a warning to cattle and sheep farmers to not…
While sales of antibiotics to treat UK farm animals have halved since targets were introduced in 2017, BASF said that to continue to reduce antibiotic use…
The Ruminant Health & Welfare (RH&W) group has urged sheep farmers, who already collect a lot of data about flock performance, to make far better use…
