5 June 2013 | Animal Health | 6756 views

Blowfly report

A new survey amongst the UK and Ireland’s sheep producing community has highlighted the blowfly strike season could be getting longer.
 
This, on top of the high liver fluke challenge, schmallenberg and extremely bad weather conditions, adds to the list of serious welfare and productivity issues facing sheep farmers today, for these reasons, Novartis has brought together some of the leading experts in flock health to discuss the key issues around blowfly control and what can be done to better manage the condition.