22nd May 2015
The peak risk in England and Wales is now over for 2015, while the North and West of Scotland together with Northern Ireland will remain on high alert (red) for another 3-4 weeks.
Remember that north facing fields and those at higher altitudes will be a little behind these predictions because they are cooler. For every 100m above seas level hatching is delayed by about 1 week, so take this into consideration when assessing your risk. See the pdf attached for a check list of risk factors.
This is the final warning for 2015 and SCOPS is very grateful for the continued support of Bristol University. The warnings were based on soil temperatures and reports from around the country and will give you a county based forecast together with more information on how to interpret this for your farm.
Temperature data provided by Forecast.io (https://developer.forecast.io/)
See the attached pdf for background information on Nematodirus in lambs.
Follow this link for the SCOPS Nematodirus Survey - it will only take a few minutes and is extremely valuable to us. Thank you
