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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Livestock farmers would traditionally be expecting to go into peak liver fluke season at this time of year – but experts in the Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS)...
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Following reports of a new strain of bluetongue virus (BTV-3) emerging and spreading rapidly in the Netherlands, there is increasing concern about the situation and its proximity to the UK....
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Missed our recent webinar, catch up today. Chaired by Peter Myles, NSA Scottish Region, experts Matt Colston (vet), Beth Wells (Moredun) and Simon Thorp (Bracken Control Group) gave an evening...
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At a busy time of year for sheep to move between holdings, the Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) group is encouraging producers to think about sheep health as...
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Honorary Fellowships for Julie Fitzpatrick and Randolph Richards The Moredun Foundation was delighted to award two honorary fellowships to Professor Julie Fitzpatrick and Professor Randolph Richards at its AGM...
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Speakers at a SCOPS-led webinar today (Thursday) urged mobile sheep dippers, farmers, and prescribers to make themselves aware of updates to the cross-industry Mobile Sheep Dipping Code of Practice –...
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