Sheep farmers can reduce worm burdens in lambs and improve their growth rates by treating ewes with a long-acting wormer prior to lambing, a recent study…
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The risk of parasitic disease and production loss from gastrointestinal worms and liver fluke is expected to be high this autumn, according to Merial Animal Health…
The Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) has updated its Know Your Anthelmintics Guide, highlighting that choosing the right product and getting the most from…
Merial Animal Health is encouraging farmers to put effective parasite control plans in place using an individual approach based on farm-specific risks, to protect against losses…
Wynnstay’s recent SQP workshops saw 70 of the company’s animal health advisers primed to assist Welsh sheep producers stamp out flock foot problems. The company’s four…
The newest sheep wormer on the market, Startect, has been reclassified as a Prescription Only Medicine – Veterinary Surgeon, Pharmacist, SQP product (POM VPS) from a…
There has been a lot of focus on the re-categorisation of some of the wormers at present but SQPs should also be giving advice now on…
Sheep will face an increased threat from liver fluke, gastrointestinal worms and blowfly strike this August and September, while cattle are at increased risk from parasitic…
Warm wet weather is causing a sudden rise in worm egg counts and could pave the way to an earlier fluke season this year, according to…
Practical advice for diagnosing and controlling worms – the effects of which are estimated to cost the British sheep industry £84 million per year – is…
