Wales Worm Watch Project

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Wales Worm Watch Project
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Background

• 60 of Scottish sheep farms have BZ resistance
• Regionally up to 90 of sheep farms
• 10 years previous only 24 of farms had drench
  resistance
• Some areas also have LM and ML resistance

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Background

• In Wales LM resistance identified in 1998
• Level unknown
• BZ ???
• ML ???
• Wales more intensive than Scotland

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Background

• SCOPS has been produced and is published by
  National Sheep Association
• Worm Watch
• However
• Little Welsh involvement

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Project Outline

• Drench survey
• Drench resistance survey
• On farm monitoring
• Collating data from all demo farms discussion
  groups to produce
• Wales Worm Watch

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Project Outline

• Testing Post-weaning management strategies
• ADAS Pwllpeiran
• Pantwgan

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Pantwgan

• Four treatments
• Weaned at 16 weeks - turned out onto aftermath
  grazing
• Weaned at 16 weeks - turned out onto cattle
  grazed pastures
• Weaned at 16 weeks - turned out onto sheep grazed
  pastures
• Weaned at 20 weeks - turned out onto aftermath
  grazing

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Results to date - FEC
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Results to date - Liveweight
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Pwllpeiran

• Four treatments
• White drench only
• White drench including cobalt
• White drench mineral drench
• White drench mineral block

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Results to date - FEC
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Results to date - Liveweight
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Project Progress

• Postal Surveys will be sent out by end of month
• On-farm monitoring has begun
• AR testing to follow postal survey