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Inclusion and management of self-seeding legume species in the forage systems
Solution name: Inclusion and management of self-seeding legume species in the forage systems Aim: To extend the grazing season; to increase the quality of forage on offer; to increase the farm self-sufficiency; to decrease in livestock production costs.Description:...
Inclusion and management of Sulla (Sulla coronaria (L.) medik.) in the forage systems
Solution name: Inclusion and management of Sulla (Sulla coronaria (L.) medik.) in the forage systems Aim: to extend the grazing season; to increase the quality of forage on offer; to decrease livestock production costs to improve robustness of the forage system and...
“Wikiloc”- a free tool to record grazing activities
Solution name: “Wikiloc”- a free tool to record grazing activities Aim: To provide a solution for helping farmers who needs to improve their grazing routes, to know more about their routine grazing activities, to memorize the routes, stopovers and to use grasslands...
Flock Health Plan
Solution name: Flock Health Plan Aim: To monitor the flock and to reduce the incidence of disease, farmer stress and cash leakage.Description: Topics include: Biosafety Cleaning, disinfection and rat extermination of sheds Parasite control Disposal of cadavers through...
Guidelines for implementing rotational grazing
Solution name: Guidelines for implementing rotational grazing Aim: To provide a solution for helping farmers who are getting started into rotational grazing. Description: A four page A4 document containing a summary of the essential knowledge required for getting...
Use of Targeted Selective Treatment (TST) for ewe lambs
Solution name: Use of Targeted Selective Treatment (TST) for ewe lambs Aim: To reduce resistance to anthelmintic productsDescription: The TST approach relies on treating only the animals that need anthelmintic treatment An algorithm (“Happy Factor”) calculates the...
How to use molasses to homogenize feed ingredients and increase the lifespan of complete diets (unifeed)
Solution name: How to use molasses to homogenize feed ingredients and increase the lifespan of complete diets (unifeed) Aim: To improve complete diet homogenization and palatability. To extend the duration of the unifeed in order to utilize more efficiently the wagon...
Guidelines to manage foot-bathing
Solution name: Guidelines to manage foot-bathing Aim: Guidelines for appropriate managing of foot-bathing in order to prevent and control footrot and elated lameness in ovine.Description: Foot-bathing is regarded as a method to disinfect the foot of sheep after they...
Selective breeding for resistance to Maedi Visna Virus (MVV)
Solution name: Selective breeding for resistance to Maedi Visna Virus (MVV) Aim: Monitoring and eradicating MVV by selective breedingDescription: Maedi-visna (MV) in sheep and caprine arthritis encephalitis (CAE) in goats are caused by small ruminant lentiviruses...
Appraisal of udder morphology to prevent high somatic cell count and mastitis
Solution name: Appraisal of udder morphology to prevent high somatic cell count and mastitisAppraisal of udder morphology to prevent high somatic cell count and mastitis Aim: Identify ewes with udders at highest risk of mammary inflammation/infection or producing milk...
Guidelines for controlling gastro-intestinal nematodes by anthelmintic treatments
Solution name: Guidelines for controlling gastro-intestinal nematodes by anthelmintic treatments Aim: Enhance therapeutic treatment together with prophylactic measures for controlling parasitosis.Description: Anthelmintic treatment strategies often follow generic...
Effect of birth and rearing type on lamb performance
Solution name: Effect of birth and rearing type on lamb performance Aim:To present the effect of birth and rearing type on lamb performanceDescription: Birth type (single, twin, triplet or quadruplet) and rearing type (i.e., how many lambs are reared by a ewe) effect...
Rotational Grazing Systems (establishment and management)
Solution name: Rotational Grazing Systems (establishment and management) Aim: To demonstrate how to set up and manage rotational grazing systemsDescription: Set stocking or continuous grazing systems are commonly operated on many sheep farms; sheep graze the same...
Producing high feed value grass silage
Solution name: Producing high feed value grass silage Aim: To present key management decisions required to produce high feed value silageDescription: Silage feed value is a combination of nutritive value (e.g. energy concentration) and intake potential, both of which...
Managing ewe lamb replacements to lamb at 1 year old
Solution name: Managing ewe lamb replacements to lamb at 1 year old Aim: To manage ewe replacements to produce their first litter at 1 year of ageDescription: Replacements are a major cost in mid-season prime lamb production systems equivalent to 25% of the value of...
Reducing Anthelmintic Resistance
Solution name: Reducing anthelmintic resistance Aim: To increase the understanding of anthelmintic resistance - how it occurs and management strategies to prevent itDescription: Anthelmintic resistance is the ability of stomach worms to survive anthelmintic treatment....
Flock Biosecurity
Solution name: Flock biosecurity – develop a health plan Aim: To present best practise guide for flock biosecurityDescription: Diseases (e.g. footrot, CODD, iceberg diseases, enzootic abortion) are highly infectious and can spread rapidly. Purchased sheep (rams, ewes)...
Controlling Lameness
Solution name: Controlling lameness Aim: To control lameness to improve flock welfare and profitabilityDescription: Lameness is a common cause of welfare and economic concerns in many flocks Chronic lameness reduces ewe and lamb performance The main causes of lameness...
Controlling External Parasites
Solution name: Controlling external parasites Aim: To present best practise for controlling external parasitesDescription: The main external parasites are flystrike ticks lice (biting and sucking) scab External parasites can have negative impact on animal - health,...
Development of ewes that lambed young
Solution name: Development of ewes that lambed young Aim: The aim is to have less difficult lambing as possible and the replacement can grow up her lamb.Description: Because of bad feeding or early breeding date the weak female lambs could be in gestation. Topic:...
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