Sheep
New Entrants Calendar – Shearing Sheep and Control of Blowfly Strike
Are you new to keeping sheep and wondering when to shear your sheep? Or what do do with the wool after shearing? In this short video SAC Consulting’s Willie Budge…
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Enzootic Abortion of Ewes (EAE)
Enzootic abortion of ewes (EAE) is the most common infectious cause of abortion in sheep in the UK. This factsheet is part of the Sustainable Sheep Systems series and covers what…
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Westerwold And Italian Ryegrass Catch Crops
The dry conditions in large parts of the country this summer are proving difficult to establish good catch crops for winter forage. This is unless, it continues to rain continuously…
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Haemonchosis Risk
With recent hot weather, followed by heavy rains the risk of Haemochus contortus in livestock has increased with a several outbreaks diagnosed recently. The warm weather favours the larval development…
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StockTalk – Sheep System Changes at SRUC Barony with Perry Parkinson (August 2022)
In this podcast we hear from SRUC Barony’s Head Shepherd Perry Parkinson, who will tell us a bit about his background and his work at SRUC Barony including the changes…
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Cull Ewe Screening
There are numerous reasons why a ewe may not regain condition after weaning, these can be from dental disease, to worms to an iceberg disease. An excellent tool to understand…
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Sheep Abortions – What you need to know
In this video, Megan Fergusson, Veterinary Investigation Officer at SRUC talks about the main causes of sheep abortions – Toxoplasmosis and Enzootic Abortion (EAE) and provides some top tips on…
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