Many of the UK’s numerous breed societies came together recently at the National Sheep Association’s Breed Society Forum in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. All NSA-affiliated breed societies…
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The importance of removing adult liver fluke from sheep with a late spring, early summer treatment has been heightened by a mild winter, say industry experts…
A new and free online tool can help SQPs demonstrate to sheep farmers the cost of using the wrong wormer on their farms. The Sheep Drench…
SQPs are advised not to assume Nematodirus is the only worm causing problems in lambs this spring. Zoetis’s Parasite Watch results have found that other stomach…
The leading question for the Sheep Veterinary Society Congress in May is how small ruminant production efficiency can be improved to sustainably meet the food requirements…
Sheep farmers should implement stringent parasite control strategies this spring, says Merial Animal Health’s Veterinary Adviser Sioned Timothy. This is based on forecasts by NADIS of…
SQPs and livestock farmers in most parts of the UK can get up to date parasite information based on the monitoring of worm, fluke and fly levels…
Sheep farmers must integrate new anthelmintic groups into their worming strategies now, says the Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) group. In a statement issued…
AHDA and AMTRA have supported the announcement that SQPs will be able to prescribe the sheep anthelmintic Zolvix – despite opposition from the British Veterinary Association.…
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) is unhappy that the VMD has re-classified Zolvix, an anthelmintic for sheep, from POM-V to POM-VPS. The re-classification means it can…
