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A flock of sheep in a field with a loch behind them.
Date Posted: 12.07.2021

Sheep industry experts stand together to urge action now

In an open letter to the sheep industry, Moredun Research Institute, National Sheep Assiocation, the Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep group (SCOPS), and the Sheep Veterinary Society (SVS), have this week highlighted...

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Date Posted: 12.07.2021

Protecting against parasites – Scotland’s Farm Advisory Service

Moredun were asked recently by SAC’s Farm Advisory Service if we’d be prepared to do a piece to camera on ‘Parasites and Climate Change’ for their newly-launched FAS TV YouTube channel. This...

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Date Posted: 04.06.2021

PRESS RELEASE: Professor Julie Fitzpatrick New Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland

Professor Julie Fitzpatrick OBE has been appointed Chief Scientific Advisor for Scotland. Professor Fitzpatrick will remain the Scientific Director of Moredun Research Group and CEO of The Moredun Group, a...

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Date Posted: 01.06.2021

PRESS RELEASE: Stop the Creeps on Sheep! New animation out now.

Moredun, in conjunction with Elanco Animal Health, have released a new, engaging short animation in their entertaining animation series. “Stop the Creeps on Sheep” is a fun way to learn...

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Date Posted: 19.05.2021

SCOPS – Later-born lambs and northern facing slopes at greatest risk in very different nematodirus...

The Nematodirus Forecast provided by the Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) group has been proving invaluable to vets, advisors and farmers, in what has been a slow-but-steady year...

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Date Posted: 17.05.2021

PRESS RELEASE: Test Don’t Guess: A fun way to learn about parasite monitoring to improve...

Moredun scientists, in conjunction with international colleagues from COMBAR (COMbatting Anthelmintic Resistance in Ruminants), have developed a new animation in their entertaining series. “Test Don’t Guess” takes you through easy...

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Date Posted: 27.04.2021

PRESS RELEASE: Get Sm@RT with small ruminant farming

A multinational team of researchers have been awarded €2M from the EU Horizon 2020 network to share knowledge and improve uptake of new digital technologies which will help to increase the efficiency...

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Date Posted: 06.04.2021

PRESS RELEASE: For Flocks Sake – Let’s Stop Scab Together

A new initiative has been launched that uses serological testing to improve the control of sheep scab within hot spot areas in England. A group of experts have recently been successful in a...

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Date Posted: 16.03.2021

SCOPS – No need for ‘knee jerk’ reaction when triple wormer resistance is found on...

Using a faecal egg count reduction test (FECRT) to test for wormer resistance on farm is an important step, say the Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) group –...

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Date Posted: 05.03.2021

PRESS RELEASE – Groundbreaking Malignant Catarrhal Fever vaccine technology heading to South Africa

Moredun Research Institute has signed an agreement with Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP) in South Africa to license its bovine Malignant Catarrhal Fever (MCF) vaccine. This agreement will lead to the...

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