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Keep a lid on coccidiosis

EARLY LAMBING can allow farmers to achieve the best market prices for their lambs, but only if they adopt ‘best practice’ to avoid the development of coccidiosis, which leads to depressed growth rates and extended time to finishing says Janssen Animal Health.

Reducing pneumonia in sheep flocks

PNEUMONIA CONTINUES to be a significant cause of death in sheep over 12 months of age.

Track your flock’s health

KEEPING TRACK of flock performance is sometimes not easy when busy season make for poor record keeping, but now a practical new management tool developed by Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health, in conjunction with ADAS, should prove a boon.

Safe haven for lambs

A ‘SAFE haven’ for new born lambs can now be built in to Solway Recycling’s plastic lambing pens for this season.

Check the labels for sheep feed quality

WITH THE quality of conserved forages poorer than usual this winter – and the weather – this means greater dependence on supplementary feed for pregnant ewes if they are to lamb down with the ease and supply colostrum that present-day reduced shepherding demands.

Better performance and jucier lamb from chicory

EWE AND lamb performance, plus lamb eating quality studies have confirmed the potential of forage chicory in UK sheep production, reports EBLEX, the industry body for beef and lamb levy-payers in England.