The incidence of sheep scab has been rising in recent years, coupled with confirmed cases of resistance to the injectable treatments, it is increasingly important that…
Browsing: Sheep
With blowfly season fast approaching, Bimeda is encouraging farmers to consider plunge dipping as an effective and cost-effective means of preventing and treating blowfly strike this…
Wet weather followed by a sudden increase in temperature is causing a high Nematodirus and roundworm risk on farms nationwide, according to reports from Parasite Watch. The real-time…
Visitors to the Royal Agricultural University (RAU)’s Lambing Weekend in Cirencester were rewarded with the sight of triplets and twins being born. More than 600 people…
Zoetis has launched the 2019 Parasite Watch, which offers an online forecasting service featuring real-time information on the worm, fluke and fly risk across the UK.…
Brexit uncertainty and negotiations around the UK’s third country listing status has delayed plans to use a fixed cut-off date of June 30 to age lambs…
With widespread resistance to wormers now being detected on many sheep farms across the UK, producers are being warned against blanket worming all ewes at lambing…
High worm egg counts caused by a mild winter combined with the decreased immunity in pregnant ewes is the perfect storm for large worm burdens in…
Elanco is encouraging SQPs to visit the blowfly tracker on the farm animal health website for up-to-date blowfly strike reports throughout the country and to report…
With the lambing season upon us, sheep farmers are being asked to consider if they are supplying adequate energy to ensure the nutritional demands of the…
