Cooperation and coordination is key to controlling scab in hefted flocks

摘要

Back in 2018, seven farmers grazing Herdwick hefted flocks across one common took part in the Herdwick Sheep Breeders Association sheep scab project, to investigate the disease on common Land.This followed a report that sheep scab mites in some flocks in Great Britain had developed resistance to injectable treatments (macrocyclic lactones or MLs).None of the seven flocks had any obvious signs of sheep scab and all the sheep were healthy and in good condition. However, some flocks reported that the sheep were pulling at their wool in January 2017 and that some of these sheep did have lice, so it was assumed that lice were the problem.