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Do you farm sheep in England, Wales, or Scotland?
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<blockquote data-quote="DrDunc" data-source="post: 7773232" data-attributes="member: 615"><p>I did not find the questionnaire complicated, I actually said it is a ludicrously complicated way to discern if farmers need to be educated on how to control sheep scab. Was that not written in clear enough language?</p><p></p><p>The moredun has already conducted this "research", decades ago, so I don't understand why it needs to be repeated.</p><p></p><p>If farmers knew how to correctly treat infection and contain an outbreak, there would be no spread of scab. It's not bloody rocket science!</p><p></p><p>The moredun and state vets ran meetings and events at the Bush Estate to educate us thick shepherds, and it worked!</p><p></p><p>The biggest issue is coordinating treatment, with OP DIPS, of every affected flock within a fortnight's window. The outbreak in the pentlands, that continued for years, was hampered by a couple of barstewards who wouldn't help. It got so bad that infected ewes were simply shot on sight because you knew the owner wouldn't do anything to help stop the spread.</p><p></p><p>This is all well known and documented by the researchers and vets who worked for the moredun at the time, so again, I question the necessity of this latest survey?</p><p></p><p>It seems purely a way of acquiring research funding to reinvent a wheel that fell off a wagon decades ago</p><p></p><p>Yours sincerely</p><p></p><p>Hill farmer with a PhD</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DrDunc, post: 7773232, member: 615"] I did not find the questionnaire complicated, I actually said it is a ludicrously complicated way to discern if farmers need to be educated on how to control sheep scab. Was that not written in clear enough language? The moredun has already conducted this "research", decades ago, so I don't understand why it needs to be repeated. If farmers knew how to correctly treat infection and contain an outbreak, there would be no spread of scab. It's not bloody rocket science! The moredun and state vets ran meetings and events at the Bush Estate to educate us thick shepherds, and it worked! The biggest issue is coordinating treatment, with OP DIPS, of every affected flock within a fortnight's window. The outbreak in the pentlands, that continued for years, was hampered by a couple of barstewards who wouldn't help. It got so bad that infected ewes were simply shot on sight because you knew the owner wouldn't do anything to help stop the spread. This is all well known and documented by the researchers and vets who worked for the moredun at the time, so again, I question the necessity of this latest survey? It seems purely a way of acquiring research funding to reinvent a wheel that fell off a wagon decades ago Yours sincerely Hill farmer with a PhD [/QUOTE]
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