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SCOPS urges care with dose rates when using products containing closantel
Following a small number of reports of overdosing, the Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) group is urging sheep farmers to take care when using wormers and flukicides containing the active ingredient closantel. Giving an animal too much closantel can cause permanent blindness, which has happened on some sheep farms in recent months.
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February 2023
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SCOPS contributes to free webinar for sheep farmers
Two members of the SCOPS Steering Group (independent sheep adviser Lesley Stubbings and Moredun scientist Philip Skuce) spoke in an NSA webinar on Wednesday 15th February - to explore the balance between effective sheep parasite control and the environment.
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February 2023
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Don’t overreact to rumen fluke figures in FEC results, urge cattle and sheep industry experts
The inclusion of rumen fluke figures in faecal egg count sample results isn’t necessarily a cause for concern, according to experts in the Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) and Control of Cattle Parasites Sustainably (COWS) groups. SCOPS and COWS has been working hard to encourage livestock producers to use FECs to monitor liver fluke burdens in cattle and sheep, particularly as this internal parasite becomes increasingly unpredictable – and this has brought rumen fluke under the spotlight too.
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February 2023
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Cold snaps haven’t been enough to remove fluke risk for cattle and sheep, warn industry experts
Although, as forecast, cases of disease due to liver fluke have remained relatively low so far this winter, there are reports of both acute and chronic disease in some areas of the UK. This means livestock farmers must not drop their guard, warn experts in the Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) and Control of Cattle Parasites Sustainably (COWS) groups.
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February 2023
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SCOPS urges care with dose rates when using products containing closantel
SCOPS is aware of a few reported cases where an overdose of closantel has led to blindness in the affected animals. The safe use of animal medicines relies on all the instructions for use being followed as per the label - and a key issue is ensuring animals receive the correct dose.
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February 2023
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SCOPS updates Know Your Anthelmintics guide
The SCOPS 'Know Your Anthelmintics' guide is a widely-consulted document that lists all the anthelmintic products available in the UK to treat internal and external parasites. It's easy-to-follow format helps users understand which groups products belong it, while also providing general advice on administrating them.
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January 2023
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SCOPS welcomes All-Wales Sheep Scab Eradication Programme
After a great deal of anticipation, SCOPS is delighted an All-Wales Sheep Scab Eradication Programme has now been announced. SCOPS is committed to helping join up projects throughout the UK nations, to ensure approaches and outcomes are shared. The Royal Veterinary College press release about the Welsh project is replicated here.
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December 2022
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Testing this winter is the key to liver fluke control, say industry experts
The level of liver fluke is forecast to be relatively low for much of the UK, but the risk to grazing livestock on individual farms is becoming less predictable. That is the warning from expets in the Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) and Control of Cattle Parasites Sustainably (COWS) groups, who say diagnostic testing is critical to make sure farmers don’t treat too soon, or unnecessarily, or get caught out and miss a vital treatment.
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December 2022
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SCOPS urges sheep farmers to keep monitoring worm burdens in lambs
The dry summer and mild, wet autumn of 2022 has resulted in a high worm challenge on many farms, with reports from around the UK of lambs suffering from the effects of high worm burdens. From poor growth rates through to deaths, the losses are significant – but according to the Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) group, are preventable with monitoring.
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November 2022
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SCOPS contributes to Animal Health Surveillance podcast
Representing the SCOPS Steering Group, sheep consultant Lesley Stubbings has been featured on the latest episode of the Animal Health Surveillance podcast. Lesley spoke to Mary-Ellen Tivey, a PhD student in the Royal Veterinary College's department of veterinary epidemiology, economics and public health, about how and why the Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep group came about and the role it performs for the UK sheep sector.
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November 2022
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SCOPS contributes to liver fluke podcast
SCOPS recommends this excellent AHDB podcast about managing and controlling liver fluke. It features Dr Philip Skuce from Moredun, who sits on the SCOPS Steering Group and specialises in liver fluke, speaking to Dr Bethan John, Animal Health & Welfare Scientist.
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October 2022
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SCOPS recommends new liver fluke guide
Three of the UK levy bodies – AHDB, HCC and QMS – have come together to produce a practical guide to liver fluke for beef and sheep farmers. SCOPS supports the publication, which amplifies the SCOPS message that, while flukicides remain a vital component of liver fluke control, it is important they are only used when necessary, with producers choosing the right product, using it at the right time and administering it effectively.
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September 2022
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