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NSA Welsh Sheep Event 2023
Award-winning and pioneering Welsh animal health programmes will be on show at next week’s NSA Welsh Sheep 2023 (May 16th).
Gwaredu Scab Project Launched!
Wales Launches First Nationwide Test & Treat Project For Sheep Scab
Coleg Sir Gâr delivers the Gwaredu Sheep Scab Project to help control the incidence of Scab in Sheep flocks across Wales.
On 1 July, the Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (Wales) Order 2024 will be introduced to facilitate an industry-led approach to eradicating the disease.
Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) is a widespread viral disease affecting cattle, which can lead to abortion, infertility, deformed calves, and compromised herd health and welfare, particularly among young stock. Herds infected with BVD often experience increased cases of calf pneumonia and scours, as well as reduced productivity and other cattle health and welfare issues. BVD is not recognised to be
Gwaredu Scab Supports £1.2M Research Project with Essential Mite Samples
Gwaredu Scab is pleased to announce its support for a major new research initiative led by the Moredun Research Institute (MRI), which has been awarded £1.2 million from the BBSRC to investigate resistance to the macrocylic lactone (ML) (injectable) treatments used for the control of sheep scab. There is now confirmed resistance to the MLs in sheep scab mites (Psoroptes ovis) in