SCOPS launches regional Nematodirus warning system
22nd April 2013
The rapid increase in temperatures in recent days is expected to result in a mass, synchronised hatch of Nematodirus larvae. To help sheep producers assess the risk to their lambs, SCOPS has today launched a regional warning on its website - http://www.scops.org.uk/news-detail.php?NewsID=21.
The warnings are based on work being undertaken by Bristol and Liverpool Universities together with information for Eblex (soil temperatures), AHVLA, SRUC and ABFNI (lab reports) and case reports from vets around the country.Users of the website can also feed their own information on incidence to SCOPS by completing the ‘Contact us’ box.
Please see attached pdf for more details on the disease and a risk assessment.
