Sheep scab is spread by contact with live mites, so understanding their ability to live both on and off the host allows the selection of appropriate control and treatment options.

Sheep scab. Sheep scab costs the UK sheep sector £78-202m annually and is caused by the Psoroptes ovis mite which can be transmitted between animals and via the environment on fomites e.g. clothing.

You might not have heard of sheep scab. It's not a human health risk and there's no co-ordinated treatment programme. But it's unpleasant and potentially fatal to sheep, and it costs UK farmers ...

At that time there were only around 40 outbreaks per year. After compulsory treatment was removed, the number of scab outbreaks rose dramatically and there are now around 5,000 - 10,000 outbreaks each ...

Over a third of farmers in Northern Ireland admitted to having had at least one outbreak of sheep scab in their flock within the last five years, according to a new survey. As a result animal health ...

TRIALS on the residual effect of injectable sheep scab treatments carried out by Dr Dermot O'Brien of the Department of Agriculture and Food, showed that Cydectin sheep injection (moxidectin) is ...

Sheep scab is a serious disease caused by a mite Psoroptes ovis. Affected animals develop an intense reaction to the mite and spend all of their time rubbing and chewing at their fleece.

HILL sheep may be less susceptible to sheep scab than lowland breeds. Recent studies suggest the Swaledale breed has some natural resistance, with an extremely long sub-clinical period and fewer ...

AN INDUSTRY-led group of farmers, vets and experts has been set up with the aim of eradicating sheep scab in Wales. The Sheep Scab Task and Finish group will make recommendations to Welsh ...