Managing lameness in sheep – vaccinating against footrot

*Please note this event is now fully booked*

Join Kernow Farm & Equine and Dr Liz Nabb for a discussion on the management of lameness in your flock and the latest advice on vaccinating your sheep against it.

Dr Liz Nabb, APHA, recently completed her PhD looking into whether a flock-specific bivalent serogroup vaccine against footrot was more effective than Footvax at reducing new cases of lameness and antibiotic usage on farm.

Topics of discussion include

• Various causes of lameness in sheep
• Controlling and managing lameness in your flock with the five point plan
• Research results: how the vaccines performed and their impact on antibiotic use
• Latest advice from research on use of vaccines for lameness control

Agenda and timings

• 7:00pm Refreshments and light supper provided on arrival
• 7:30pm Meeting starts
• 9:00pm Meeting ends

This event is brought to you in collaboration with Kernow Farm and Equine and kindly sponsored by Provita Animal Health.

This event is free to attend. Book by contacting Kernow Farm & Equine 01208 76403. Please note: This event is fully booked.

RoSA points are available.

We look forward to seeing you there!