Plant and Animal Health

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Informing & influencing public opinion towards supporting UK livestock farmers

The concept for this project began when her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal, attended a special event held on Monday 21st October 2019 at Pentlands Science Park, Midlothian, to celebrate Moredun’s commitment to the contribution of livestock to food production, biodiversity and the environment. Discussions included working in collaboration with partner organisations to help promote the wider benefits of livestock in sustainable food production, promoting biodiversity and minimising any impact on the environment.

Making Worms Squirm: Sustainable Worm Control in Lambs through Precision Livestock Farming

Electronic identification (EID) tags have been compulsory in UK sheep flocks since 2010, and a decade after their introduction, can still be a controversial topic. But these tags, rather than just identifying individual animals, also offer a huge opportunity to improve efficiency and productivity on-farm; allowing a greater understanding of production rates on the farm, and perhaps even in particular fields, providing an early warning of potential problems.

SEFARI Crops Booklet

One Health in Action: Setting up a new testing node for COVID-19 with the NHS

When lockdown was announced across the UK back in March, and the seriousness of the pandemic began to hit home with daily bulletins from the UK and Scottish government on the news and the alarming spread of COVID-19 cases, many scientists, including those at SEFARI, looked to see what they could do to help with the national effort.

Dr Geoffrey Foster

Geoff Foster is a microbiologist with extensive experience of farm, companion and wildlife animals, inhabiting land, sea and air, as well as their interactions with humans and other species, including zoonoses and antimicrobial resistance.

Geoffrey Foster

SRUC Veterinary Services,

An Lochran,

10 Inverness Campus,

Inverness IV2 5NA

Dr Lynsey Melville

Lynsey is a post-doc at Moredun Research working on anthelmintic resistance in sheep and cattle worms

Lynsey Melville

Moredun

Pentland Science Park

Bush Loan

Penicuik

Midlothian

EH26 0PZ

Nematodirus battus: Is it likely to spiral out of control?

Farming practices are evolving in response to intensification, diversification and climate change. As farm management has changed, pathogens of livestock have also adapted to optimise their reproduction and transmission opportunities. Our work, supported by Animal and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB), has focused on the control and biology of the economically important roundworm Nematodirus battus; a gut roundworm which annually threatens the health and welfare of young lambs across the UK. Our research has explored how Nematodirus behaves on commercial sheep farms.

SEFARI Gateway Update

The unpreceded COVID-19 health, economic and societal crisis has understandably dominated Gateway’s recent activity. Gateway, on behalf of the SEFARI Directors Executive, has prepared a report on the huge effort that all institutes and staff have undertaken to help the fight against COVID-19.

Pigs and Poultry Optimising Production

With support from the SEFARI Gateway Responsive Opportunity Fund, Moredun Research Institute (MRI) and Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) jointly organized and hosted an event in January 2020 for the Pig and Poultry industry which showcased new developments in animal health, welfare and nutrition.

Stephen Anderson

Stephen (BVM&S, MVPH, MRCVS) is a veterinary surgeon and is Head of Bioservices at Moredun. He ensures that Moredun has the correct people skills, facilities and animals to carry out research. He also works as a Business Development Manager within the Moredun Enterprise Team, which involves representing Moredun within the veterinary profession, building relationships with potential customers and networking with colleagues.

More can be found out about Stephen here.