Predict when outbreaks are likely to happen
Researchers have developed online forecast maps to help UK sheep farmers assess the risk of Nematodirus outbreaks in lambs.
Put together by SCOPS (Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep) and researchers at the University of Bristol, the maps help farmers to predict when Nematodirus eggs will hatch and when outbreaks are likely to happen.
They will be updated daily to track changes in risk throughout spring and early summer and include advice on management and treatment.
Researchers also hope to map cases of Nematodirus and eggs detected in routine faecal egg counts. Farmers, advisors and diagnostic labs are urged to contribute to these records anonymously by emailing researcher Dr Hannah Rose at the University of Bristol’s Vet School.
For more information about the forecast maps visit vetcommunity.com.
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