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Forecast launched to help sheep farmers respond to annual spring threat to young lambs
It may not feel like it in parts of the UK hit by ‘The Beast from the East’ and Storm Emma, but spring is just around the corner – and with it the annual deadly threat from the roundworm Nematodirus in lambs. Responding to the speed with which this parasite can hit, the Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) group is again providing an invaluable forecasting tool on its website.
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March 2018
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Farmers urged to take advice to deal with complicated liver fluke situation
The prediction by the National Animal Disease Information Service (NADIS) for a high risk of liver fluke disease in North, West and central Scotland, West Wales and Cornwall this winter have been borne out by incidences recorded over recent months. Given the risk to both sheep and cattle, SCOPS and COWS have come together to remind producers that the high-risk warning followed a year with one of the wettest summers on record and higher than average rainfall in many parts of Great Britain.
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March 2018
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New website launched to help sheep farmers win the fight against parasites
The Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) group has launched a new website today (Thursday 1st March) to provide a one-stop-shop for practical information on controlling sheep parasites. SCOPS is an industry-led group that recognises one of the biggest challenges to the future health and profitability of the UK sheep industry is resistance to the animal health products used to control parasites.
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March 2018
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SCOPS / COWS Liver Fluke update December 2017
Find the latest update on liver fluke in the UK in the pdf:
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December 2017
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SCOPS / COWS Liver Fluke update November 2017
SCOPS and COWS has issued this update on the UK liver fluke risk and recent reports of disease. To report confirmed cases please click on the link below: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/BD6Q9L9
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November 2017
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Updated Anthelmintic Product Guide
Download the updated 'Know Your Anthelmintics' Guide here
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October 2017
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SCOPS / COWS Liver Fluke update
SCOPS and COWS will be providing regular updates this autumn and winter, pulling together all information sources to help Vets advisers and farmers make decisions on the need for them to take action. See the attached file for the first instalment.
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October 2017
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Liver Fluke
Experts are warning us to be on our guard this autumn and winter. “There is likely to be a significant risk in some areas” says Dr Phil Skuce from Moredun. “We had a warm dry spring across much of the UK, but since June, a critical time for liver fluke,some areas e.
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August 2017
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New wormer available to sheep farmers
New wormer monepantel, marketed under the brand name Zolvix, became available on 1st July 2017 in the UK, for use by farmers via SQPs, pharmacists and vets. Independent sheep consultant Lesley Stubbings welcomes the product’s launch but wants to make sure farmers strike the right balance when using it.
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July 2017
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WARM WEATHER PROMPTS HAEMONCHUS WARNING
WARM WEATHER PROMPTS HAEMONCHUS WARNING: WithAPHA reporting an increased in number of PGE Haemonchus (barber pole worm)cases circulating, even in areas of Northern England, NSA would like to remindmembers to be particularly vigilant. Attributed to the recent warm weather,APHA is urging individuals to consider this disease a possibility particularlywhere there is anaemia and high worm egg counts.
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May 2017
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Very high risk warning still in place for many areas.
Many areas are now at high risk so look at the risk factors for lambs and decide if you need to act. Some areas are now past peak hatch but colder areas on the farm (for example north facing slopes) may still be a threat so think about each mob of lambs separately when making an assessment.
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April 2017
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High Risk in Many Areas
The warm weather is now having a major impact on the Nematodirus risk with several areas across the southern half of England and Wales now at very high risk. Sheep farmers are urged to look at the risk assessment and act if they have lambs that are at risk.
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April 2017
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