Moredun News

Ruminant farming is critically important in maintaining the viability of rural communities and ensuring food security. All grazing ruminants are exposed to parasitic worm (helminth) infections, that negatively impact ruminant...

The Moredun Foundation awarded three honorary fellowships to Nigel Miller, Professor Elspeth Milne, and Bridget Taylor at its AGM on Thursday, 5th September, in recognition of their outstanding contributions.  ...

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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...

Moredun Scientific is using experimental models of infectious and non-infectious gill disease to support several research and commercial projects that are aimed at better understanding and controlling gill disease in...

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...

Across the world, farmers and governments are under growing pressure to address emissions from livestock, leading to calls to reduce livestock numbers. It is believed that improving animal health may...

The new podcast series from the Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) offering yet another tool to the UK sheep industry on this essential topic. Episode 1: Tues 16th July ...

Moredun Scientific, together with Intervacc AB, has been awarded a grant from the Eurostars-3 programme to further develop Intervacc’s prototype vaccine against Streptococcus suis infections in pigs.  Moredun Scientific will develop a...

A collaborative research team has been awarded a £1.1million grant to tackle the devastating impact of Maedi-visna (MV), a chronic infectious disease affecting sheep and goats. This groundbreaking project seeks...