Project Timeline
Project updates as they happen.
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March 2020
Invaluable parasite forecasting tool relaunched
Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) nematodirus forecasting tool will prove an invaluable method of checking the risk to lambs this spring.
To find out more and sign up to alerts, visit: https://www.scops.org.uk/news/5856/invaluable-parasite-forecasting-tool-relaunched/ […]
February 2020
Farmer meetings held in February
Farmers wanting to learn more about Liver fluke met with experts this week in Yorkshire and Cumbria. Full details will be published in due course.
January 2020
July 2019
Hill farmers join forces to fight the threat of fluke
You can read about the project in July's The Northern Farmer publication here
March 2019
Sign up to parasite alerts
Farmers can sign up to parasite alerts at NADIS animal health skills. NADIS publishes a monthly Parasite Forecast for farmers and vets based on detailed Met office data and the forecast. The Parasite Forecast outlines the parasitic challenge facing cattle and sheep in the different regions of the UK.
February 2019
Liver Fluke Post Mortem
Video and photos resources taken from the Liverfluke post mortem evening at Bainbridge Vets, Leyburn, with Davinia Hinde Following the meeting that took place with Yorkshire Farmers in January, participants discussed feedback from their abattoirs, those that were able to get feedback had been ok so far. Farmers received the AHDB Beef and Lamb information booklets that give guidance on likely causes of damage to liver and other organs.
January 2019
Yorkshire and Cumbria farmer meetings in January
Eight farmers in Yorkshire and six in Cumbria met to discuss their experience with sheep health last year, their progress with the treatments App and findings from tests for the presence of liver fluke in their flocks. No-one had seen any signs of liver fluke in lambs last summer and over the autumn. The dry year had reduced numbers.
October 2018
A busy time of year
It’s a busy time of year for our participating farmers. In September and October breeding and store sheep are sold and bought at sheep sales all over the north every week. This year, because of low rainfall and Brexit uncertainty, […]
September 2018
Composite faecal egg count reduction tests
In August and September, farmers sent faecal samples from their flocks in to Liverpool University for the standardised composite faecal egg count reduction tests (FECRT). This test detects the level of efficacy of the flukicide Triclabendazole (TBZ). The dry season […]
August 2018
Farmer meetings in Cumbria and Yorkshre
Farmer Meetings took place in August at Braithwaite and September in Leyburn to go through the phone application, data collation, how to interpret the dashboard and review flock health plans. It was a chance […]
July 2018
Fight the Fluke animation by The Moredun Foundation
The Moredun Foundation have a series of useful animations, one in particular in relation to Liver Fluke, called ‘Fight the Fluke’. The animation was funded by the Moredun Foundation and AHDB. You can watch the animation here:
Liver Fluke talk presented by Iain Richards, Veterinary Ecologist at this year’s 160th Great Yorkshire Show
Iain Richards MRCVS, Veterinary Ecologist, Cumbria joined by Joanne Briggs, Communications Manager and Policy Manager for England, National Sheep Association and Dr Amanda Carson from APHA to speak directly to farmers about an environmental approach to controlling Liver fluke.
Attendees […]
May 2018
Event to showcase EIP-Agri across Europe
14th May 2018
Kate Gascoyne, Carol Moffat (The Farmer Network) and Holly Jones (YAS) will present at the EIP-Agri event in York on the 20th and 21st June. The aim of the event is to:
- Build on recent announcements that the […]
Phone application to track Liver Fluke disease launched
8th May 2018
The initial phone application which will support the data gathering process for Liver Fluke disease has now been developed and installed. The phone application will be rolled out farmers to begin data recording. It has been tested on latest iPhone and […]
April 2018
Hill Sheep Health North website launched
14th April 2018
The Hill Sheep Health North website has now been launched. You can find out everything you need to know about the project right here. If you would like to sign up to newsletter updates, please contact Holly Jones: […]
Farmers share Liver Fluke Management Routines
1st April 2018
Hill farmers in the Cumbria and Yorkshire Dales groups have shared their liver fluke management routines and many have completed questionnaires with more details as the Hill Sheep Health North project starts to gain traction.
Some farmers will complete […]
February 2018
Liver Fluke specialist Iain Richards to speak Great Yorkshire Show
12th February
We are delighted to confirm that Iain Richards BVSc CertVA CertSHP MVetSci MRCVS, Veterinary Ecologist, will be joining us at this year’s 160th Great Yorkshire Show to speak with farmers about Liver Fluke and the Hill Sheep Health North […]
January 2018
Meetings held with Farmers to introduce Hill Sheep Health North project
22nd and 23rd January
With special thanks to The Farmer Network, the first two farmer meetings held with farmers at Askrigg, Cumbria and Newton Rigg, Yorkshire, were a great success introducing the Hill Sheep Health North Project to the farming […]