Webinar: Is ewe mastitis costing your business?

Are you going into lambing 2023 with mastitis on your radar? Mastitis is thought to cost the UK sheep industry more than £120 million per year in direct and indirect costs. So, as we approach lambing season, it’s important we revisit the causes of mastitis to reduce preventable culling from the disease. 

Mastitis is an inflammation of the mammary gland, usually caused by bacterial infection. It can result in premature culling of affected ewes, loss of udder function, reduced milk yield and quality and occasionally death. Reduced milk production leads to lower growth rates of suckling lambs and impacts on-farm profitability.

During the webinar, our guest speaker Dr Dawn Bowness from Clevedale Veterinary Practice and AHDB Animal Health and Welfare Scientist Dr Bethan John will discuss the following topics:

• Cause, signs and risk factors of the disease
• Management practices to reduce mastitis incidence
• The Challenge Sheep project – what can we learn from cull ewe data

Throughout the webinar there will be the opportunity to ask any questions you have regarding the disease and the Challenge Sheep project as a whole. To find out more about AHDB’s Challenge Sheep project, please visit  https://ahdb.org.uk/challenge-sheep

This webinar is fully funded by your levy so is therefore free to attend, but booking is essential. Register now using the links below or contact the events team via email KE.Events@ahdb.org.uk or call 01904 771218. If you can’t make the webinar, please still register and we will email the recording to you afterwards to watch in your own time.