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Date Posted: 06.12.2022

Testing this winter is the key to liver fluke control, say industry experts

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...

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Date Posted: 29.11.2022

PRESS RELEASE: Moredun and RSABI to support their charity work through Livestock Keepers book

The beautiful Livestock Keepers coffee table book is a result of a Talking Science project undertaken by Lee Innes and Beth Wells from Moredun. Travelling to remote, rural areas of...

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Date Posted: 28.11.2022

PRESS RELEASE: Donation from Blackface Sheep Breeders Association to support Moredun’s research into diseases of...

Moredun Research Institute were delighted to receive a donation of £2000 from the Blackface Sheep Breeders Association in support of their research into finding solutions to combat diseases of sheep....

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Date Posted: 25.11.2022

SCOPS urges sheep farmers to keep monitoring worm burdens in lambs

The dry summer and mild, wet autumn of 2022 has resulted in a high worm challenge on many farms, with reports from around the UK of lambs suffering from the...

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Date Posted: 04.11.2022

PRESS RELEASE: The Princess Royal visits Moredun to hear how story telling can help to...

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal attended a special event held today (Friday 4th November) at the Moredun Foundation, Pentlands Science Park to hear about how storytelling techniques can be...

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Date Posted: 20.10.2022

Podcast – AHDB Beef & Lamb: Managing and controlling liver fluke this autumn

In this podcast episode, Dr Bethan John Animal Health & Welfare Scientist at AHDB, speaks to Dr Philip Skuce from Moredun Research Institute in Scotland to talk about Liver fluke...

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Date Posted: 20.10.2022

Tackling endemic disease can be key in combating climate emissions

Agri-food industry leaders heard from experts from across Europe at a major conference in October 2022 on the link between good animal health and lower greenhouse gas emissions. Convened by...

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Date Posted: 10.10.2022

The TechCare project hosts partners in Glasgow!

TechCare is a European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation project (grant no. 802050), involving nine countries – from Scandinavia to the Middle East –aiming to revolutionise the use of...

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Date Posted: 30.09.2022

Levy bodies unite to control liver fluke

This autumn sees the launch of a new manual to help farmers control liver fluke in grazing livestock, in a joint levy-body effort to control what can be a devastating...

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Date Posted: 09.09.2022

Moredun is deeply saddened to hear of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

The Queen had a strong connection to the countryside and in particular her interest in farming and rural life. She visited Moredun in 1982, on a beautiful sunny day, to...

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