Sourcing and introducing new stock - AHDB Beef &...
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Sourcing and introducing new stock
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Sourcing and introducing
new stock
Introduction
• Robert Tucker
• Farm
• Land
• Flock
• Vet
Our replacement policy-ewes
• Ewe lambs
• North of England
mule ewes
• Hawes, North
Yorkshire
• Rams
• Abervale
• Innovis
• Infertility
• Examination
• Testing
Our replacement policy-Rams
Isolation and quarantine
• Dairy farm
• Clean grazing
• Handling system
Risks
• Sheep scab
• Lice
• Anthelmintic resistant worms
• Footrot
• CODD (previous experience)
• Orf (Zoonotic, personal experience)
Endemic diseases on farm
• Clostridial
• Pasteurella
• Abortion
finally