We are running a Health Hub this year instead of Workshops. Details below

Health Hub Programme

10.00am Condition scoring then demonstration of how vets scan for OPA – what is required from farm in terms of handling etc. Plus videos of OPA lungs and healthy lungs. Discussion of what makes sheep thin, including   iceberg diseases.

12.00pm Onwards – videos of post mortems plus vet(s) from WVSC and APHA lab discussing why they are important, how to get the best out of them (i.e., fresh carcasses etc.) and disease surveillance.

1.00pm Ticks and tick diseases.

2.30pm Biosecurity – demonstration of App available plus information throughout the day.

9.00am Throughout the day – ‘Live demonstration of sheep dipping, hosted by the Gwaredu Scab Project’.