The season for disease due to Liver Fluke in cattle and sheep has been shifting later, and 2024/5 is no exception warn SCOPS and COWS. Philip…
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Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) data shows that clostridial diseases consistently rank among the most frequent sheep submission diagnoses, prompting vets to remind farmers of…
The recent launch of Northern Ireland’s Sustainable Agriculture Programme (SAP) has been met with disappointment from the country’s sheep farmers. The National Sheep Association (NSA) Northern…
The Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) Group is once again offering its invaluable Nematodirus Forecast to help farmers, vets and advisors identify when lambs…
The Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) Group advocates a targeted approach to parasite control in ewes, emphasising the importance of assessing ewe condition and…
Within the range of tools available to producers to monitor liver fluke, experts in the Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) and Control of Worms…
SCOPS has partnered with Queen’s University Belfast and BioBest to develop monitoring tools for detection of Haemonchus contortus and Teladorsagia circumcincta in faecal samples in veterinary…
The very limited number of flukicides available to treat cattle and sheep in the UK means it’s essential for farmers, vets and advisors to fully understand…
The Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) group is welcoming applications from sheep farmers in the UK to be the next SCOPS Steering Group deputy…
The inclusion of rumen fluke egg counts on reports provided by laboratories should not detract from important information provided by liver fluke egg counts, say experts…
