The interactive Nematodirus Forecast map is updated daily using data from 140 weather stations around the UK. Users can zoom into their area and select the nearest or most representative weather station - presented in a ‘traffic light’ A FREE online service to check the nematodirus threat to sheep flocks this spring and summer could help reduce lamb mortality. The weather in early spring can fluctuate from extreme cold to warm sunshine within a few days. A cold snap followed by rapid warming can result in a sudden and significant challenge to young lambs, as nematodirus larvae hatch in large numbers.
Free service aims to reduce nematodirus threat this spring
2 March 2021 |
The Nematodirus Forecast is an online tool showing the nematodirus threat this spring and summer
A free-to-use service for sheep farmers and advisors could substantially reduce lamb mortality this spring, veterinary experts say.
The Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) has launched its web-based forecast to help producers monitor the nematodirus risk to their lambs.
As February showed, the weather in early spring can fluctuate from extreme cold to warm sunshine within a few days.
A cold snap followed by rapid warming can result in a sudden and significant challenge to young lambs, as nematodirus larvae hatch in large numbers.
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