A new UK-wide cattle and sheep industry group is to be created to speed up progress against endemic diseases and reputational challenges, which are costing the…
Browsing: Sheep
Experts from the University of Nottingham have found, using sensing technology, that lame sheep adjust how they carry out certain actives, such as walking, standing or…
Until a UK-EU trade agreement is reached, tariff-free exports to the EU and demand from China for New Zealand and Australian lambs present a “decent outlook”…
With liver fluke shaping up to be a significant challenge this winter, livestock farmers are being warned to be on their guard and monitor the situation…
For sheep and cattle vaccinations given in the next three months to be fully effective, Animax has warned that farmers are reminded that a well-functioning immune…
Real-time updates on blowfly risk – produced via an ongoing collaboration between Elanco and NADIS – now show the risk level as ‘medium’ across most of…
Careful use of injectable macrocyclic lactones (ML) for the control of sheep scab is vital if farmers wish to safeguard their use after new research indicates…
Real-time updates on blowfly risk – produced via an ongoing collaboration between Elanco and NADIS (National Animal Disease Information Service) – now show the risk level…
Love Lamb Week 2019 was the biggest one yet, as industry bodies worked in unison to ensure lamb is at the heart of all promotions. Running…
Despite the threat from nematodirus being lower in spring 2019 than the two previous years, the SCOPS Nematodirus Forecast has once again proven itself to be…
