Sheep
Moredun receives £1.2m to tackle resistance to sheep scab treatments
The Moredun Research Institute has been awarded a £1.2 million grant to explore resistance to sheep scab treatments. The three-year...
SCOPS
Sheep
Wet spring reduces nematodirus threat to 2024-born lambs - SCOPS
While the wet weather in early spring made lambing harder work than usual, it also reduced the nematodirus threat to...
Sheep
Start faecal egg counts on February/March-born lambs now - SCOPS
The Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) group is urging farmers to start faecal egg counts (FECs) on February...
Sheep
SCOPS risk forecast to help sheep producers with disease variation
The Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) group has launched its nematodirus forecast with the aim of helping producers...
Sheep
SCOPS urges sheep producers to avoid 'blanket worming'
The Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) group is urging producers to move away from the blanket worming of...
Sheep
SCOPS podcast to act as parasite control tool for sheep farmers
The first two episodes of a new podcast series from the Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) group came...
Agri-Business
Liver fluke: SCOPS and COWS urge farmers to 'test, don't guess'
The main message for livestock farmers in relation to liver fluke this year is to “test, don’t guess’. Sustainable Control...
Sheep
SCOPS issues high nematodirus warning
The Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) has warned that much of England, Wales, and lower-lying ground in Scotland...
Sheep
SCOPS to offer free online parasite forecast to UK sheep farmers
The Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) group has said that it will now provide a nematodirus forecast that...
Sheep
SCOPS urges sheep farmers to administer wormer sparingly
The Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) group is encouraging sheep farmers to monitor ewe body condition scores to...
Sheep
SCOPS urges farmers to take care when treating sheep parasites
The Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) is urging farmers to take care when using wormers and flukicides containing...
Dairy
Farmers mustn't 'drop their guard' with liver fluke - SCOPS and COWS
Livestock farmers must not “drop their guard” when it comes to liver fluke, experts from the Sustainable Control of Parasites...
Sheep
SCOPS reports of high worm challenge for farms
The dry summer and mild, wet autumn of 2022 has resulted in a high worm challenge on many farms, with...
Sheep
SCOPS to offer free forecasting service for farmers
The Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) group is continuing to offer its Nematodirus Forecast at no charge, providing...
Sheep
Nematodirus forecast is back online and says hatching has started
The Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) group’s nematodirus forecast map is back online, after being unavailable for a...
Sheep
Mild weather prompts nematodirus warning for sheep farmers
The rise in temperature in recent days means there is an increased risk to lambs hatching nematodirus, according to the...
N.Ireland
New blood test fuels expectation that sheep scab can be eradicated
The availability of a new blood test is driving hopes that sheep scab can be eradicated in the foreseeable future....
Sheep
SCOPS Nematodirus Forecast to go live on February 1
Mild conditions experienced in parts of the UK at the New Year, coupled with a predicted warm end to January,...
