Before considering treatments, it is important to get a diagnosis, as other parasites can cause similar problems, but need different action. Sheep scab is spread by contact with live mites ...

Future sheep scab treatments could rely on new non-chemical methods to tackle the sheep scab mite. SAC PhD student Sarah Hall plans to investigate the relationship between the bacteria associated ...

Economic importance - A failure to recognise and treat sheep scab promptly, or improper treatment, can incur serious economic loss due to increased feed costs to compensate for rapid loss of body ...

Scab is not the only cause of itchy sheep, so it is important to get the diagnosis confirmed to allow treatment with the right product. Pour-ons will not kill sheep scab mites and injections of 3ml ...

“As populations of sheep scab mites in the UK now have proven resistance to one of the main treatment groups, injectable macrocyclic lactones (MLs), it is imperative that as an ...

For Martin Colleran and his son Ryan, farming just outside Kilmaine, Co Mayo, their success is built on good land, healthy stock and smart decisions.

Scab and lice can affect productivity, wool and leather quality and damage the welfare of infested sheep. “Treatments like sheep- dip have caused pollution in Welsh rivers in the past ...

Chief veterinary officer for Scotland Simon Hall said that while there were effective treatments available for sheep scab there was also a need for realism and accept that eradication from the ...