FARM NEWS 5
• APR/MAY 2018
NEW WEBSITE LAUNCHED TO
HELP SHEEP FARMERS WIN THE
FIGHT AGAINST PARASITES
trol strategies to help farmers, vets
THE Sustainable Control of Para- and health advisors work together
sites in Sheep (SCOPS) group has
to tackle both internal and external
launched a new website today
parasites. From stomach worms to
(Thursday 1st March) to provide
liver fluke, blowflies to sheep scab,
a one-stop-shop for practical
the new website provides practical
information on controlling sheep
advice for all farming situations.
parasites.
Lesley Stubbings, independ-
SCOPS is an industry-led group
ent sheep consultant, speaks
that recognises one of the biggest
on behalf of the SCOPS group.
challenges to the future health
She says: “The new site is easy
and profitability of the UK sheep
to navigate and hosts a wide
industry is resistance to the animal
range of tools, with more to be
health products used to control
added over the coming months.
parasites. 69945
It offers
sustainable
con-
Information is clearly signposted
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‘ Diagrams, videos
your farm. Diagrams, videos and
downloadable resources all help
to distil important messages into
bite-sized chunks.”
The new website at www.scops.
org.uk has be launched in time for it
to host the annual SCOPS Nemato-
dirus Forecast, an invaluable tool to
help the sheep sector be proactive
in controlling Nematodirus battus,
a stomach worm that strikes young
lambs as they being to enjoy spring
grass growth. The forecast will be
made available once the nematodi-
rus season begins.
and downloadable
resources all help
to distil important
messages into bite-
sized chunks
’
according to different parasites,
with good links between topics
where there is crossover, such as
considering multiple challenges
when introducing new stock to
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