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Liver Fluke - Again! Have you checked your liver fluke control is up to speed? Many people are getting caught out again this winter - read the attached for an update and guidance on what o do if you suspect that your sheep/cattle may be suffering the effects of continued liver fluke infection. 12th February 2014 Read More
Nematodirus Warnings 2014 Nematodirus Forecasts 2014 In conjunction with Bristol University, SCOPS willbe building on the success of last years Nematodirus forecasts. The 2013 pilothas helped scientists be more confident that soil temperatures are the mostreliable indicator of time of hatching. 12th February 2014 Read More
Liver Fluke CPD for Vets LIVER FLUKE CPD forVETS EBLEX would like to invite you to an afternoon of CPD on liver fluke issues insheep and cattle. This CPD has been put together by the Sheep VeterinarySociety (SVS) and the British Cattle Veterinary Association (BCVA) with inputfrom SCOPS, COWS, Moredun Research Institute and the National Sheep Association(NSA) as well as representatives of the Universities of Edinburgh, Liverpooland Nottingham. 30th October 2013 Read More
SCOPS Quarantine Recommendations SCOPS has updated it's recommendations for quarantine treatments to include resistant worms, sheep scab and the Barbers Pole worm (Haemonchus contortus): Drench with either a 4-AD OR 5-SI drench + inject with 1% moxidectin    4-AD = Monepantel (Zo 13th September 2013 Read More
Know Your Anthelmintics 2013 The 2013 SCOPS leaflet detailing all anthelmintic products available for sheep is now also available in a new, easy to print pdf format. 13th September 2013 Read More
Tackling the Threat from Liver Fluke – Top 10 Actions. Weather conditions that favour liver fluke have continued and this lookslikely to result in  high numbers of theparasites on many livestock farms again this year. Last season this caught out anumber of producers causing high losses and many more sheep (and cattle) inpoor condition as a result of liver damage. 25th June 2013 Read More
NEMATODIRUS RISK - WHOLE OF UK NOW RED With widespread reports of Nematodirus having been identified around the UK over the last 7-10 days. It is likely that most areas have now had a hatch and the worst of the threat in Engalnd and Wales is receding. Farmers in Scotland and areas where temperature have remained low (e. 27th May 2013 Read More
Anthelmintic Resistance Survey A major new campaigninvolving the sheep industry, FarmingAgainst Wormer Resistance (FAWR), has been launched in the UK. Initiated by SCOPSand Novartis Animal Health, in conjunction with leading vets and sheep farmers,the project aims to discover the extent and impact of wormer resistance and thereality of how farmers are dealing with the problem on their farms. 29th April 2013 Read More
Worming Ewes at Lambing Worming Ewes around  lambing – striking the balance “Should I continue worming all my ewes at oraround lambing?” This is one of the questions most frequently asked by sheep   farmers. Unfortunately the answer is not a straightforward yes or no. We have  to try to strike a balance between the benefits of worming and the potential to  select heavily for resistance in the worm population. 6th March 2013 Read More
Liver Fluke – ‘Take action NOW to Minimise losses’ As lambing approaches the SCOPS group is urging sheep farmers to check ewe body condition and continue the fight against liver fluke this winter. With widespread reports of thin ewes up and down the UK and confirmed cases of liver fluke disease increasing exponentially, nobody can afford to drop their guard. 12th February 2013 Read More
SCOPS Warns of Mounting Losses due to Liver Fluke disease Liver Fluke is causing havoc in many parts of the UK, says Lesley Stubbings of SCOPS Recent reports from the AHVLA show a tenfold increase in the number of cases of acute fasciolosis in the last quarter of 2012 compared with 2011 and a fourfold increase in the number of cases of chronic disease*. 11th January 2013 Read More
Liver Fluke Threat Continues SCOPS has issued a Press Release today warning farmers to remain on their guard this winter. 27th November 2012 Read More

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