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A sheep health survey of lowground purchasers of breeding sheep in grampian & the borders of scotland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

A W Alexander ,
G Burgess ,
P R English ,
D C Macdonald  and
O MacPherson
A W Alexander
Affiliation:
University of Aberdeen and Scottish Agricultural Colleges (Aberdeen), School of Agriculture, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB9 1UD
G Burgess
Affiliation:
University of Aberdeen and Scottish Agricultural Colleges (Aberdeen), School of Agriculture, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB9 1UD
P R English
Affiliation:
University of Aberdeen and Scottish Agricultural Colleges (Aberdeen), School of Agriculture, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB9 1UD
D C Macdonald
Affiliation:
University of Aberdeen and Scottish Agricultural Colleges (Aberdeen), School of Agriculture, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB9 1UD
O MacPherson
Affiliation:
University of Aberdeen and Scottish Agricultural Colleges (Aberdeen), School of Agriculture, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB9 1UD
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The Highlands and Islands Development Board (HIDB) is developing a strategy for the production and marketing of high health breeding sheep. With HIDB support, farmers in the North of Scotland have formed a co-operative to produce and market high health status sheep. The co-op (the Highlands and Islands Sheep Health Association) has over 800 members with a total of 300,000 breeding ewes. Members' flocks are monitored by the Scottish Veterinary Investigation Service for Enzootic Abortion of Ewes (EAE) and for vaccination against the Clostridial Diseases and Pasteurella. To guide HIDB strategy a postal survey was undertaken of lowground breeding sheep purchasers in Grampian and Borders.

The objectives were to determine, firstly, lowground breeding sheep purchasers' attitudes, opinions and practices when buying breeding sheep; secondly, their management of sheep health; thirdly, their experience of EAE, its prevention and control; and fourthly, their awareness of sheep health schemes and interest in purchasing high health status sheep.

Type
Sheep Production
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1991 , March 1991 , pp. 89
Copyright
Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1991

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