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… Drench resistance in sheep parasites is a growing issue in New Zealand, affecting productivity and increasing costs for farmers. The Smartworm® … Background Drench resistance in sheep parasites is a growing issue in New Zealand, impacting sheep productivity and leading to higher costs for farmers. … reducing costs while preserving the long-term health and productivity of their sheep. Read the SmartWorm® pilot study full report (PDF, 1.1MB). B+LNZ Project Lead Cara Brosnahan, Principal Scientist – Animal Health Research Farmer …

… The Sheep Progeny Test is a long-standing and critical component of New Zealand’s sheep genetics system. The benchmarks created by this test underpin the NZGE – B+LNZ’s large-scale across-flock and breed … The Sheep Central Progeny Test (CPT) is a long-running initiative that enables the benchmarking of rams by comparing the … Sheep Progeny Test …

… The aim of this study was to provide an understanding of introducing refugia into a lamb finishing operation that had a triple drench … your farm, or drench resistant parasites that will increase the likelihood of drench resistance on your farm. In this study, the group of farmers shared their recent FECRT results and explored how their results impacted the next farm their … best achieve this and not induce clinical parasitism, or disease, needs to be considered for each farm system. In this study, an increase in efficacy of drench was shown on the farm by both refugia and quarantine drench procedures. Testing …