Neil Sargison

The Roslin Institute, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, 9 Easter Bush, Midlothian, Scotland, EH25 9RG 10

Figure 3. Increasingly, nematodirosis is seen in older lambs during late summer and autumn. This may involve an evolutionary change in the parasite's dependence on specific conditions for egg hatching, or may be an effect of climate or pasture management change on larval survival.
Sheep

Changing patterns of Nematodirus battus infection

During the summer and autumn 2021, the FECs of lambs in a hill flock of about 500 ewes in the south-east of Scotland were monitored using a saturated saline and cuvette method with a detection...

Figure 5. Demonstration, in a goat kid, of the technique for examining the conjunctival surface of the lower eyelid, the basis of FAMACHA© scoring.
Sheep

Haemonchosis: dealing with the increasing threat of the barber's pole worm

Although the lifecycle of H. contortus is superficially similar to that of many other GIN, it has a significantly different epidemiology to the other GIN species commonly dealt with in UK livestock....

Figure 3. Ewe and 48-hour-old lambs in a ‘nursery’ pen.
Sheep

Case report: failure of passive transfer and neonatal infections in a cohort of lambs

Over a 2-day period, in the first week of lambing, four 4–5-day-old lambs presented with weakness and unresponsiveness. A total of 10 out of 150 lambs died in this first week. The lambs were treated...