Managing lameness in sheep: vaccinating against footrot

Do you have lameness in your flock and want advice on how to help manage it? Want to find out the latest advice on vaccinating your sheep against footrot?

Join vet Liz Nabb, AHDB Senior Scientist Dr Lis King and famer Ben Weeks for a webinar looking at:  

• Different causes of lameness in sheep 
• Controlling and managing lameness in your flock with the 5 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  

Vet Liz Nabb 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.

The research study was undertaken on three commercial flocks in England, with ewes randomly assigned to three groups receiving a bivalent vaccine, Footvax or no vaccine. The PhD was funded through an MIBTP iCASE studentship with AHDB. 

RoSA points are available.

For further information about the research, see The role of serogroup specific vaccination in the control of footrot in sheep (PhD - MIBPT iCASE) | AHDB