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Free webinar on checking effectiveness of sheep wormer
The webinars are being held on Wednesday, 19 July.
SCOPS session will provide advice for vets, farmers and advisors.

The Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) group is offering two free webinars on how to check if a worming treatment has been effective.

The webinars are being held on Wednesday, 19 July. The first session at 12pm is aimed at veterinary surgeons and advisors. The second session is aimed at sheep farmers, and is being held at 7.30pm. For anyone who is unable to attend the earlier session, SCOPS is happy for them to attend the later session, and vice versa.

The webinar is being hosted by SCOPS with support from Biobest. Speakers include Lesley Stubbings, an independent sheep advisor who is speaking on behalf of SCOPS, and Rebecca Mearns, who is speaking on behalf of Biobest Laboratories and the Sheep Veterinary Society.

The speakers will provide general information and answer questions from delegates.

Kevin Harrison, SCOPS chair and Gloucestershire farmer, is chairing the webinars. He said: “Worming lambs with an ineffective treatment is a waste of precious time and money, not to mention the negative impact on finishing times/weights. I am looking forward to these two question and answer sessions focusing on how to use faecal egg counts to check worming treatments are fully effective. 

“Both sessions will be suitable for farmers and advisers throughout the whole of the UK, although the advice provided will include looking at the worming treatment check that farmers in England can currently get funding for via the Defra Animal Health & Welfare Pathway.”

Those wishing to attend are required to register in advance.

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Birmingham Dogs Home makes urgent appeal

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 Birmingham Dogs Home has issued an urgent winter appeal as it faces more challenges over the Christmas period.

The rescue centre has seen a dramatic increase in dogs coming into its care, and is currently caring for over 200 dogs. With rising costs and dropping temperatures, the charity is calling for urgent support.

It costs the charity £6,000 per day to continue its work.

Fi Harrison, head of fundraising and communications, said: "It's heart-breaking for our team to see the conditions some dogs arrive in. We really are their last chance and hope of survival."

More information about the appeal can be found here. 

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Avian flu confirmed at premises in Cornwall

A case of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 has been detected in commercial poultry at a premises near Rosudgeon, Cornwall.

All poultry on the infected site will be humanely culled, and a 3km protection zone and 10km surveillance zone have been put in place. Poultry and other captive birds in the 3km protection zone must be housed.

The case is the second avian flu case confirmed in commercial poultry this month. The H5N5 strain was detected in a premises near Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, in early November. Before then, the disease had not been confirmed in captive birds in England since February.

The UK chief veterinary officer has urged bird keepers to remain alert and practise robust biosecurity.

A map of the disease control zones can be found here.