The National Sheep Association (NSA) has welcomed the announcement from Welsh Government Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs Lesley Griffiths that new legislation on quarantine…
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The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published an assessment highlighting a currently low risk of Bluetongue (BTV) incursion, following a number of reported…
With spring well underway and temperatures rising, sheep farmers are reporting first cases of strike on the Elanco Blowfly Strike Tracker. Cases have now been reported…
A mild March saw much of the UK experience above average temperatures and mixed rainfall, which has lead to an increased spring parasite risk for sheep.…
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…
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…
