A hill flock has survived a major enterprise restructure on an Exmoor farm, which saw cow numbers increased at the expense of ...

Experts are exploring a method that could provide sheep farmers and their vets with valuable information on the worm species ...

It typically requires two treatments, six to seven weeks apart. See also: Trial reveals wormer resistance on 98% of sheep farms Concerns are growing that farmers are mistakenly using rafoxanide in the ...

Working with partners Biobest and Queens University Belfast, the Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) group is exploring a method that could provide farmers and their vets and advisers ...

so that none of the dewormers worked on our goats. This was like, it was about 10–11 years ago when this happened, and I didn’t realize at the time that, so the problem with goats and sheep is ...

Working with partners Biobest and Queens University Belfast, the Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) group is exploring a method that could provide farmers and their vets and advisers ...

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has donated €2 million (£1.7 million) towards the development of a vaccine against barbers pole worm (Haemonchus contortus), a parasite which is largely considered ...

Explore the debate on carbon sequestration in grasslands and farming. Are cattle contributing to global warming or part of the solution?

A representative milk sample from the bulk tank. Sheep Wormer treatment check. The farmer can collect faeces samples, if confident in doing so. Minimum of 10 lambs less than 12 months old. If you have ...

“Because gastrointestinal parasites from goats or sheep cannot survive in the stomach of cattle ... for worms which could slow resistance of parasites to conventional dewormers, an increasing problem ...

8 January 2025 Northern Ireland Concerns about incorrect of wormers for sheep scab Six farmers in the project that used an injectable ML wormer to treat sheep scab agreed to be re-tested, with four of ...