Dates of 'Stamp Out Scab' Roadshow for vets and SQPs announced
17th June 2013
Sheep scab and other skin parasites: Vet and SQP training sessions: June/July 2013
As part of the RDPE-funded England-wide campaign to help Stamp out Scab, training sessions have been designed to help vets and SQPs more fully understand the control options available to farmers and to help their clients to deal with scab more effectively.
The sessions will highlight the key role that vets play in diagnosing the problem and giving advice on which treatment is most suitable for each farm, and the role and responsibility that SQPs have in selling the products for most effective control of sheep scab and other skin parasites.
We aim to make the sessions as interactive as possible and there will be plenty of opportunity for discussion.
The training is free to attend and will attract CPD points for SQPs. Following the training vets will be paid to deliver the key messages to their own clients and full details will be provided at the events.
Timetable:-
- 4pm: Arrival and registration, tea and coffee
- 4.30pm: Introduction to the course: The impact and implications of sheep scab: costs and reduced performance
- 4.50pm: Where is scab now? Epidemiological studies
- 5.10pm: Clinical signs and diagnosis, and practical diagnosis in the sheep shed
- 6.10pm: Treatments: Dipping: best practice
- 6.25pm: Legislation and environmental protection
- 6.40pm: Supper
- 7.10pm: Treatments: Injectable MLs, anthelmintic resistance, and quarantine treatments and biosecurity
- 7.45pm: Other skin parasites
- 8.15pm: Case studies (small group discussions to develop solutions to real flock problems including aspects of ML resistance)
- 8.45pm: Discussion: taking ‘Stamp out Scab’ to your clients
- 9pm: Close
Course tutors will vary according to venue but will include:-
- Dr Peter Bates
- Tim Bebbington MRCVS
- Matt Colston MRCVS
- Harriet Fuller MRCVS
- Mike Glover MRCVS
- Dr Fiona Lovatt MRCVS
- Chris Lewis MRCVS
- Dr Clare Phythian MRCVS
- Professor Richard Wall
- And ADAS Consultants Kate Phillips, Odelle Walker, Dyana Webb and Alice Willett.
Dates of meetings:-
- Herefordshire: Monday 10th June: Hereford College of Technology, Holme Lacy Campus, HR2 6LL.
- Devon: Thursday 13th June: The Merriemeade Inn, 1 Lower Town, Sampford Peverell, EX16 7BJ.
- Shropshire: Tuesday 18th June: Monkhouse Granary, Monkhouse, Broadoak, Shrewsbury, SY4 3HP.
- Cornwall: Wednesday 19th June: Duchy College, Stoke Climsland, Callington, PL17 8PB.
- Somerset: Thursday 20th June: Bristol University’s Hodgkinson Lecture Theatre (Pearson Building), Langford House, Langford, Bristol, BS40 5DU.
- Merseyside: Wednesday 26th June: Liverpool Vet School, Leahurst Campus, Neston, CH64 7TE.
- Lancashire: Thursday 27th June: Myerscough College, St Michaels Road, Bilsborrow, Preston, PR3 0RY
- North Yorkshire: Tuesday 9th July: Askham Bryan College, York, YO23 3FR.
- Cumbria: Wednesday 10th July: Newton Rigg College’s Sewborwens Farm, Penrith, CA11 0AG.
- Northumberland: Thursday 11th July: Kirkley Hall, Ponteland, NE20 OAQ.
- North Yorkshire: Tuesday 16th July: Mainsgill Farm Shop, East Layton, Richmond, DL11 7PN.
- Warwickshire: Wednesday 17th July: Moreton Morrell Centre’s Animal Welfare Unit, Moreton Morrell, Warwick, CV35 9BL.
- Northamptonshire: Thursday 18th July: Moulton College’s Management Centre, Gate 4 – Pitsford Site, Moulton, NN3 7QL
Please book your place by phoning ADAS Rosemaund on 01432 820444
or emailing stampoutscab@adas.co.uk. Please provide your full contact details in case an event has to be cancelled. Booking is essential so that we can plan refreshments and facilities.
This project is supported by the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) for which Defra is the Managing Authority, part funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development.
