Sheep farmers are being told to be aware of the threat of nematodirus amid wide fluctuations in temperatures and predictions of a very cold spell this week.
Sheep farmers should use the monitoring of ewe body condition score as a practical step to significantly reduce how many doses of wormer are administered.
Sheep farmers have been warned to take care when using wormers and flukicides containing the active ingredient closantel following reports of overdosing.
Keeping ewes at a good body condition score (BCS) in the weeks before and after lambing minimises worming requirements at a key point in the year, a new
Dry summer & mild, wet autumn has resulted in a high worm challenge on farms, with reports from around UK of lambs suffering from effects of high worm burdens.
A farmer in North Yorkshire who grazes his sheep on common land has spoken out about the benefits of testing for scab and the importance of breaking the