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South East Branch |
Health & Welfare
Bluetongue
The Intervet web page on Bluetongue and the vaccine now available
The Defra webpage on Bluetongue with links to Bluetongue disease contingency plans
for GB and to the UK Bluetongue Control Strategy and
the Defra page on the latest situation with regard to
Bluetongue
The NADIS Bulletin on Bluetongue, with pictures showing the symptoms caused by the disease. [Adobe Acrobat is required]
Institute of Animal Health page on Bluetongue
Page on Bluetongue in Wikipedia
Page on Bluetongue at Department of Agriculture & Rural Development
Various articles on health problems found in sheep can be seen on the MLC website at http://store.mlc.org.uk/index.asp?50525. These articles can be downloaded in PDF format using Adobe reader, a freeware programme available from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
SCOPS is an industry led initiative to slow the development of anthelmintic resistance (AR). It is Chaired by NSA Chairman Peter Baber and published a comprehensive Technical Manual in April 2004, written by Dr Kym Abbott, RVC; Prof. Mike Taylor, CSL; Lesley Stubbings, LSSC Ltd. which can be downloaded from www.nationalsheep.org.uk
For a veterinary article on Guidelines for Trying to Reduce Resistance to
Worms, click
here
Eblex Lamb Briefing - Prioritise Breeding for Worm Resistance
Eblex Lamb Briefing - Control Worm Build-up with Careful Management
An article on breeding resistance to worms can be found at
http://www.ruralni.gov.uk/publications/press_articles/beef_and_sheep/
archive/suffolks_are_cleaning_up.htm
For the Eblex Lamb & Stock Briefings click here
For Nadis (National Animal Disease Information Service) Sheep
Articles on all diseases found in sheep,
click here. Adobe
Reader is required for viewing them.
For the Nadis Sheep Bulletin on Scald & Footrot,
May 2008, click here [Adobe Reader is required]
For the Nadis Sheep Bulletin Preparing for
Lambing, click
here
For the Nadis Sheep Bulletin Flock Nutrition throughout
pregnancy, click here
For the Nadis Sheep Bulletin Lambing Problems,
click here
For the Nadis Sheep Bulletin on Infectious Abortion,
click here [Adobe Reader is required]
For the Nadis Sheep Bulletin on Nematodirosis,
click here
For the Nadis Health Bulletin, March 2007, on Nematodirosis,
click
here [Adobe
Reader is required]
For the Nadis Health Bulletin on Anthelmintic
Resistance on Sheep Farms, click
here [Adobe
Reader is required]
For the Nadis Sheep Bulletin on Trace Element
Deficiency, click here [Adobe Reader is required]
For the Nadis Parasite Forecast for September 2008, click here [Adobe Reader is required]
Eblex Stock Briefing - Managing Stock Heat Stress to Minimise Losses
Eblex Better Returns Programme 7: Target Lameness [Adobe Reader is
required]
Eblex Better Returns Programme Breed
a Better Pedigree Flock [Adobe Reader is required]
The Welfare of Sheep - Legislation/ Welfare Code/ Enforcement/ Advice for farmers. Page on the Defra website
Identification of Ovine and Caprine Animals (sheep and goats) From Europa
- Animal Health and Welfare
http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/animal/identification/ovine/index_en.htm
For NSA letter on issues connected to new tagging rules, click here
The DEFRA page on Animal Health & Welfare click
here
To read about the health problems that can be caused by feeding lambs on Rape and kale, click here
For information on scrapie, click on the Scrapie link in the left hand column
The Suffolk Sheep Sire Reference Scheme website - http://www.suffolksires.com/
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