Iimprovements in management and housing on a Welsh sheep farm have helped cut mastitis rates by one-third. Mastitis had been a major cause losses in Ryan Morris' flock of nearly 1,000 ewes at Maestanyglwyden, near Oswestry. About 10 of theflock - 90-100 ewes - would get mastitis every year."We had problems throughout the year, although the spring was the worst time," says Mr Morris, who took over the farm from his grandfather five years ago and now farms with his partner, Rebecca Greaves.
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