NADIS publishes a monthly Parasite Forecast for farmers and livestock keepers, based on detailed Met office data. The Parasite Forecast outlines the parasitic challenge facing cattle and sheep in the different regions of the UK. The Parasite Forecast is used to promote SCOPS recommendations in a seasonal context and underlines the importance of parasite control being part of a veterinary health plan. National Parasite Forecasts are being developed for Wales, Scotland and England.
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The normal gestation length of a sow or gilt is typically 115 days (three months, three weeks and three days) measured from the first day of service, although a range of 113 – 117 days is quite normal. The trigger for farrowing (parturition) to start comes from the piglets, not the sow....
Watery mouth disease is a colloquial expression used to describe a collection of clinical signs in neonatal lambs which includes lethargy, unwillingness to search for the teat and suck, profuse salivation, increasing abdominal distension and retained meconium....
Goats are ruminants like sheep and cattle, and as such share many of the health problems common to ruminants in the UK. One factor sets them apart from other ruminants however in that they have evolved as BROWSING and not GRAZING animals....