Category: Research

Themed talks, discussion and guest lecture launch next phase of collaboration between neighbouring organisations. A programme of research-themed events has marked a new phase in a strategic collaboration between the...

Evidence for the need of a fully funded scheme to tackle sheep scab will be presented by the farming community at the Northern Ireland Assembly’s Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs...

Moredun have developed a new generation vaccine against louping ill virus (LIV) in sheep. Although this tick-borne viral disease can infect many species, including cattle, horses, dogs and humans, it...

The season for disease due to Liver Fluke in cattle and sheep has been shifting later, and 2024/5 is no exception warn SCOPS and COWS. “Historically, we would have expected...

Moredun has been highly commended for the Place-based Impact Award at Interface’s 10th Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards for its role in the Scottish Government-funded Sheep Scab Control Programme on Lewis...

On February 24 and 25, farmers, crofters, and other representatives from the farming industries on Scotland’s islands met in Inverness for the first inter-island meeting to discuss animal disease control...

Eilidh Geddes has been named a winner at Lantra Scotland’s Awards for Land-based and Aquaculture Skills (the ALBAS), which took place at Crieff Hydro Hotel on Thursday 6 March 2025....

The Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) Group advocates a targeted approach to parasite control in ewes, emphasising the importance of assessing ewe condition and utilising faecal egg counts...

Moredun has been shortlisted for the Place-based Impact Award at Interface’s 10th Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards for its role in the Scottish Government-funded Sheep Scab Control Programme on Lewis &...

Facilitation of farmer-driven scab control activities are urgently needed if sheep scab is ever to be eradicated from Northern Ireland, a new research paper has found. A greater understanding of...