The war against sheep worms - and how to win it! With David Smith from the Moredun Institute Scotland

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What an honour to interview David Smith, the world's first scientist to develop a vaccine for a worm in any host! David is a qualified Vet, who grew up in South Africa and lives in Scotland. He has a PHD on sheep immunology and since 1975 has studied worms in sheep and how sheep have become immune to worm infections.
This research has been done at the Moredun Institute, a farmer owned and led research institution. https://www.moredun.org.uk/
You can purchase or find out more about Barbervax from Ben Foster at
https://www.grazag.com.au/
Learn more about worms online including some of the scientific terms that are used in this podcast, by your vet and more broadly in the sheep industry - go to:
http://www.wormboss.com.au/sheep-goats/
http://www.wormboss.com.au/sheep-goats/worms.php
In this fascinating episode we explore the challenges we all have with internal parasites in sheep, particularly worms. We answer questions and explore issues like drench use and drench resistance.
Listen and learn about the following:

• Why do sheep get worms/internal parasites?
• What worms impact sheep?
• What do worms do to sheep?
• How do you know if your sheep have worms? What are the symptoms to look for?
• What about scours? Is this a sign of worms?
• How or where can you do a fecal worm egg count in sheep? How to read and understand the results of this egg count?
• How can I prevent my sheep from getting internal parasites?
• What animals on our farm are most vulnerable to worms and why?
• How to reduce drench resistance?
• What about Barber’s pole worm? How is this different to the other worms?
• What are the symptoms of Barber’s pole worm?
• What the benefits are of using Barbervax to manage Barber's Pole worm.
• How does it all work? – learn the process for using Barbervax

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