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Learning the Lessons of Cattle Disease Control – Morning Event at Dalnain Bridge

SAC News Release Ref. No: 11N123
Published: 14 Oct 2011

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Researchers seeking the best way to control a major cattle disease will be holding a morning feed-back meeting for farmers in the village hall at Dalnain Bridge on Thursday November 3rd. There will be an opportunity to hear from George Rae of Ballintomb farm and his vet Andrew Rafferty from Strathspey Veterinary Centre about their involvement in the five year PARABAN project.

Funded by the Scottish Funding Council, in partnership with Scottish Government the five year PARABAN project is seeking the best and most cost effective approach to controlling Johne’s disease (pr. Yoan ease). It affects the cow’s digestive system and can lead to severe weight loss and diarrhoea. However not all infected animals show these signs. These are equally capable of infecting others resulting in poor production performance and infertility problems.

The Dalnain event is the second in a series being held across Scotland. They offer farmers, vets, researchers and other industry bodies involved in the new research project the chance to exchange ideas and hear the latest research. The project is led by SAC (Scottish Agricultural College) and involves scientists from other institutes as well as industry partners headed by QMS (Quality Meat Scotland) and including retailers and processors.

The meeting will start at 10.30. In addition to the presentations from George Rae and Andrew Rafferty there will be a review of progress by SAC’s Professor George Gunn. Rupert Hough of the James Hutton Institute will discuss environmental risk factors behind the disease and recently appointed research student Mary Flook, based at Glasgow University, will explain how her sampling work in abattoirs and meat plants will provide new data. 

To assist with catering arrangement those planning to attend should contact Jo Baughan on 01463 246061 or email jo.baughan@sac.ac.uk.

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