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Strategies to avoid parasitic gastro-enteritis in an intensive organic hill sheep system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

A Waterhouse ,
G Halliday ,
J T Wyllie  and
S Horbury
A Waterhouse
Affiliation:
Scottish Agricultural College Grassland and Ruminant Science Dept, Kirkton Farm, Crianlarich, Perthshire, FK20 8RU
G Halliday
Affiliation:
Scottish Agricultural College VI Centre, Mill of Craibstone, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, AB2 9TS
J T Wyllie
Affiliation:
Scottish Agricultural College Grassland and Ruminant Science Dept, Kirkton Farm, Crianlarich, Perthshire, FK20 8RU
S Horbury
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, Aberdeen
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In hill sheep systems, a major concern for health and welfare is for lambs grazing improved land at higher stocking rates and succumbing to parasitic gastro-enteritis. With only a small amount of improved land available, there is little or no scope for ‘clean grazing’ systems as access to this better land is crucial on an annual basis to achieve better performance from the flock. Access at lambing and at ewe mating is of particular value. There may however be some scope for reduced parasitic challenge to lambs during the summer grazing period because of the differential in stocking densities between the hill and the improved grazings.

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Sheep
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1992 , March 1992 , pp. 165
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1992

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