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New Entrants Calendar – Shearing Sheep and Control of Blowfly Strike
Are you new to keeping sheep and wondering when to shear your sheep? Or what do do with the wool after shearing? In this short video SAC Consulting’s Willie Budge…
Animal Health Updates September 2022
Enzootic Abortion of Ewes (EAE)
Enzootic abortion of ewes (EAE) is the most common infectious cause of abortion in sheep in the UK. This factsheet is part of the Sustainable Sheep Systems series and covers what…
Animal Health Updates August 2022
StockTalk – Sheep System Changes at SRUC Barony with Perry Parkinson (August 2022)
In this podcast we hear from SRUC Barony’s Head Shepherd Perry Parkinson, who will tell us a bit about his background and his work at SRUC Barony including the changes…
Cull Ewe Screening
There are numerous reasons why a ewe may not regain condition after weaning, these can be from dental disease, to worms to an iceberg disease. An excellent tool to understand…
Sheep Abortions – What you need to know
In this video, Megan Fergusson, Veterinary Investigation Officer at SRUC talks about the main causes of sheep abortions – Toxoplasmosis and Enzootic Abortion (EAE) and provides some top tips on…
Animal Health Updates July 2022
Sustainable Worm Control in Sheep Factsheet
Anthelmintic Resistance to wormers is increasing and is one the biggest challenges within the sheep industry, impacting the health and profitability of many flocks. Minimising the risk of worm burdens…
Sustainable Sheep Systems – When to Wean?
Weaning date is a key management tool as it can be used to influence lamb growth rates, ewe body condition score (BCS) and allows more strategic grazing resource allocation. 12-13…
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