NSA Marches Region and AHDB Beef and Lamb carcase losses events
Date: 25th September 2018
Time: 4pm
Location: New House Farm, Weston Jones, Newport, Shropshire, TF10 8ED
Join NSA and AHDB Beef and Lamb to find out more about minimising carcase losses in lambs by kind permission of Brian and Toby Lawton
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 – Claire Whittal (LLM Farm Vets)
Practical lamb selection for slaughter – Richard Whittington, AHDB Beef & Lamb Selection team
6.00pm– 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 Marches Region Secretary Lorna Davis on 07720 250108 or email marches@nationalsheep.org.uk
