NSA South West Region and AHDB Carcase losses event
Date: 24th September 2018
Location: Wydon Farm, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 8SJ
Join NSA, AHDB Beef and Lamb and the Exmoor Hill Farming Network to find out more about minimising carcase losses in lambs.
With increasingly tight financial margins in lamb production and processing, it is vital to minimise losses throughout the supply chain. Farmers can maximise their financial returns by concentrating on efficient animal growth, meeting target carcase specifications and minimising the losses of saleable meat and offal. Conditions such as pasteurella and parasitic worms not only cause rejection of offal and carcases at slaughter, but have a big impact on the performance of growing lambs.
Programme
4:00pm – Arrival & registration
- Pasteurella management. Useful findings from post mortems. – Katie Waine, University of Nottingham
- Managing Liver Fluke, Cysticercus tenuicollis & Cysticercus ovis –Chris Clements, Vet
- Sheep handling systems & EID demo – Dave Knight, Host
Practical lamb selection for slaughter – Peter Morris, AHDB Beef & Lamb Selection team
6.30pm– Finish with a BBQ kindly sponsored by Shearwell Data
To book your FREE place ring the AHDB Beef & Lamb events Hub on 01904 771212 or email ke.events@ahdb.org.uk
For further details please contact NSA South West Region Manager Ian May on 07913 043234 ian@nationalsheep.org.uk
