SCOPS needs your help. Reports from around the UK suggest that the incidence of disease in sheep due to Haemonchus contortus has increased in recent years. This is generating requests...
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Following active surveillance in the north-east Kent Temporary Control Zone (TCZ), a further 5 cases of bluetongue in cattle have been identified on a holding in the Sandwich Bay area....
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Legislation is now in place around movement of animals into and out of the temporary control zone. For up to date information on the location of the control zone visit the Defra website...
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The new podcast series from the Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) group drop this week, offering yet another tool to the UK sheep industry on this essential topic....
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The Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Net Zero and Just Transition, Ms Màiri McAllan MSP, was welcomed to Moredun at the Pentland Science Park on the 15th of November 2023 by...
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Moredun is working with Food Standards Scotland (FSS) to find out more about foodborne pathogens on-farm, to help determine where research and interventions would be best directed to reduce the risk of...
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The Scottish Government have launched a consultation on Phase 6 of Scotland’s Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) Eradication Scheme. The consultation is open for anyone to respond to, but we are...
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Farmers, vets, organisations and industry professionals from across the whole sheep industry have joined forces, through Ruminant Health & Welfare (RH&W), to launch the new UK Sheep Welfare Strategy for...
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Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal attended a special event held today (Tuesday 31st October) at the Moredun Foundation, Pentlands Science Park to hear about the benefits of livestock health...
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Many colleagues, past and present at Moredun were very sad to hear the news of the death of James ‘Jim’ Stobo (CBE, DL, FRAGS) who played a significant role...
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