Moredun News

We have recently validated a new, intravenous challenge model for Streptococcus suis Serotype 2 in piglets. The model is appropriate for studies with vaccines or therapeutics. Animals typically develop clinical...

Sm@RT – Small Ruminant Technologies – is a research programme to share knowledge and improve uptake of new digital technologies in sheep and goat farming. This EU-funded project, led by...

Scientists at Moredun Research Institute have developed and validated a new molecular diagnostic test that is capable of detecting seven of the most common pathogens associated with bovine respiratory disease...

Gastrointestinal roundworms infections (GINs) are common and considered one of the top three production-limiting pathogens of ruminant stock in the UK. On most farms roundworms occur as co-infections with other...

Infection with gastrointestinal roundworms causes significant disease in lambs, costing UK sheep producers ~£42M per year in wormer treatments and lost production. Worms have evolved resistance to many of the...

Scientists at Moredun are leading the fight for the control of sheep scab across all four nations of the UK. Sheep scab, caused by infestation with the ectoparasitic sheep scab...

Congratulations to Scottish sheep farmer Ian Duncan Millar as the deserving recipient of the NSA George Hedley Memorial Award for 2022 in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the UK...

Moredun and the National Sheep Association (NSA) are delighted to announce a further three-year agreement to work collaboratively for the benefit of the UK sheep sector. Professor Lee Innes, Director...

Moredun Research Institute, together with 15 other partners across 7 European countries (Italy, United Kingdom, Spain, France, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland) has recently been successful in a Horizon Europe funding bid,...

The level of liver fluke is forecast to be relatively low for much of the UK, but the risk to grazing livestock on individual farms is becoming less predictable. That...