Sheep & Cattle Health and Welfare Day - Harper Adams 9/1/20

[SteveHants]

Did anyone here go to that?

What were your thoughts?

I thought there were a couple of "elephants in the room", one of which was definitely genetics...….
I was, however, very pleased at the time spent on sheep things - everyone loves cattle and sheep don't normally get a look in.

 

[Tim W]

Who was this organised by?

 

[SteveHants]

Who was this organised by?

It was on behalf of Moredun. Not sure whether Harper organised it themselves though.

 

[SteveHants]

To link with the £2.05/ ewe thread - one of the questions asked, in all earnest was "how can we slow/stop the spread of diseases like OPA in the sheep industry"....

Er........

Stratified system?

 

[Gulli]

Didn't know anything about it unfortunately.

Fancy giving us a brief synopsis?

 

[sean m]

Did anyone here go to that?

What were your thoughts?

I thought there were a couple of "elephants in the room", one of which was definitely genetics...….
I was, however, very pleased at the time spent on sheep things - everyone loves cattle and sheep don't normally get a look in.

Didn't know anything about it, what was the solution to the scab epidemic

 

[SteveHants]

Didn't know anything about it unfortunately.

Fancy giving us a brief synopsis?

They said that the notes would be on the web soon, I'll link them as soon as I can.

 

[SteveHants]

Didn't know anything about it, what was the solution to the scab epidemic

They didn't offer one. They talked about mites becoming resistant to injections though and apparently a vaccine could be forthcoming....

 

[SteveHants]

Here are the links to the various presentations (hopefully).

Introduction

The latest approach to sheep scab - Dr Stewart Burgess

Fighting fluke in cattle and sheep, testing and treatment strategies – Dr Philip Skuce

Control of roundworms in cattle and sheep - Dr David Bartley

OPA – Dr Beth Wells

Vaccine successes and those in the pipeline for the livestock sector - Dr Alasdair Nisbet

Early detection of disease in cattle – Dr Emma Bleach

Use of the Orf vaccine – Dr Kat Baxter-Smith

Healthy livestock produce sustainable food - Dr Paul Williams