Category: Research

Studies in large mammals offer new avenues for understanding severe Covid-19 infections and developing effective treatments. Scientists are studying pigs to understand how Covid-19 affects humans, aiming to advance the...

Scientists at the Moredun Research Institute, near Edinburgh, and the Pirbright Institute, in Surrey, have been awarded a £1.7 million grant over three years by the Bill & Melinda Gates...

A new report has been launched looking at the risk factors for foodborne pathogens on livestock farms and the potential interventions that may be applied to reduce the risks. The...

The Scottish Government is continuing to provide financial support to the sheep industry to develop an OPA disease control programme with a pilot scheme now in its second year. The...

The relatively low and later incidence of liver fluke in recent years shouldn’t make sheep farmers complacent this autumn and winter, say the Sustainable Control of Parasites of Sheep (SCOPS)...

Press Release from The Hannah Dairy Research Foundation The Hannah Dairy Research Foundationare delighted to announce that registration is now open for their Next Generation Data-Led Dairying Conference focusing on...

Two further cases of bluetongue virus BTV3 in sheep have been identified near Norwich, Norfolk and a further infected sheep has been detected near Lowestoft, East Suffolk. To contain the...

Enhanced Online Tool for Cattle Faecal Egg Counts Parasitologists at Moredun have released a new version of ‘FEC Check’ for interpreting faecal egg counts from cattle. The farmer-facing, free, online...

While the cold and quite often wet weather in early spring made lambing harder work than usual in many parts of the UK, the Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep...

In response to the growing problem of sheep scab, a regional programme has successfully implemented a community-based approach to reduce the prevalence of the disease in three hotspots in England....