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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · 6d

Year 3 of our experiment looking at impacts of rotational grazing on sheep-parasite interactions is DONE! Huge amounts of data collected already (lamb growth, pasture mass, FEC), with a freezer full of samples ready to be attacked over winter…
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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · 21d

Yep, Alison was telling me about the difficulties. I'm sure it's irritating because there are a lot of studies on the topic, butthey all differ so much in what they've done and what/how they report that comparing them becomes impossible...I'll look out for it tho because it would be really valuable!

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · 21d

Excellent! I gather there may have been a meta-analysis involved as well, that was proving quite tricky to get started with...

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · 21d

Our article on the peri-parturient relaxation of immunity is out in Vet Para (experiment >10 years ago, before I arrived at Moredun!). Ewes show declines in Th1 & Th2 cytokines, but increased regulatory cytokine around lamb birth, explaining an increase in FEC: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Late pregnancy is associated with an increase in regulatory cytokines and a decline in nematode-specific antibody levels in sheep infected with Teladorsagia circumcincta

The gastrointestinal nematode Teladorsagia circumcincta is a prevalent and economically important parasite of sheep. Sheep develop acquired immunity t…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Trends in Parasitology @cp-trendsparasitol.bsky.social · Sep 4

Our 2025 Sep issue bit.ly/2N9R8Es reviews species sanitation & structural resilience in malaria control, animal trypanosomosis control, parasite genome organization, Leishmania attachment in sandflies, nonchemotherapeutic nematode control, tick & host microbiotas, parasitic neural manipulation &more

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Trends in Parasitology @cp-trendsparasitol.bsky.social · Aug 15

Drs Miguel Peña-Espinoza @hannahvineer.bsky.social‬ @adhayward.bsky.social‬ Andrew Williams, Tom McNeilly & Stig Thamsborg review non-chemotherapeutic approaches for #gastrointestinal #nematode control in #ruminants. ‬

www.cell.com/trends/paras...

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · Aug 12

Absolute pleasure to be involved in this review article on sustainable parasite control in ruminants. Full of lovely stuff on vaccines, nutrition, genetics, grazing and biological control! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · Jun 23

Set up a couple of baited pitfall traps to see what dung beetles we’ve got in our grazing trial at our research farm. Looking forward to seeing what we’ve got in a week’s time!

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · Jun 20

Lots of fun in the Moredun tent at the Royal Highland Show yesterday, chatting to folk about various project and showing them revolting things in jars. Nipped out for a bit to see some animals and get the obligatory Valais Blacknose pic

Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · Jun 13

Great fun dung beetle hunting in our grazing trial plots at Moredun with Kelly Jowett and Gen Kiero-Watson from @rothamsted.bsky.social yesterday! Should be the start of a great collab

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · May 27

Lovely geotropid dung beetle on sheep poo on the path up Schiehallion at the weekend- with wee phoretic mite pal in tow!

Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · Apr 16

Gearing up for our grazing trial with a look around the paddocks to see how the lambs are getting on- and also going into the sheds just because they’re cute up close 🙂

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · Feb 18

Seriously plush remote office setup at grandma and granddad’s place

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · Jan 31

Yesterday I turned 40 (FORTY! FOUR-OH!) for crying out loud. Never mind, my lovely colleagues @moredunfoundation.bsky.social were there to simultaneously soften the blow and take the mick out of me…

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · Jan 7

Not usual for us to be up at the farm in January- but it looked an absolute picture in the snow, set off beautifully by everyone’s favourite sheep dog!

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · Jan 6

Heading back to work today like…

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · Dec 13

Congrats Micky- incredible work gathering the data and some really nice results 👊

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · Dec 12

Our office door, now with added 🐑 🎅

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Dave Ewing @daveewing.bsky.social · Dec 10

🚩PhD opportunity furthering sustainable control of gastrointestinal nematodes and anthelmintic resistance in sheep flocks through mathematical modelling with me at @bioss.bsky.social alongside Fi Kenyon, @adhayward.bsky.social (Moredun) and Rob Kelly (Edinburgh Uni). Please share! #parasitology

Two sheep in a field overlaid with a schematic of a mathematical model

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · Dec 9

Do you or your promising undergrad/Master's student have an interest in mathematical modelling, parasitology, sustainable agriculture, with great opportunities for knowledge exchange? Then look at this PhD project with @daveewing.bsky.social and us folks at Moredun! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

EastBio - Furthering sustainable control of gastrointestinal nematodes and anthelmintic resistance in sheep flocks through mathematical modelling at The James Hutton Institute on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - EastBio - Furthering sustainable control of gastrointestinal nematodes and anthelmintic resistance in sheep flocks through mathematical modelling at The James Hutton Institute, listed on...

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · Dec 6

Tell me you have a 3-year-old daughter without telling me you have a 3-year-old daughter…

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · Dec 5

Missing the annual Soay sheep project meeting for the first time since 2007 today. Happily, I get to spend it trying to feed laxatives to a 3-year-old…

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · Dec 3

Ugh, the BSP conference clashes with our girl’s birthday. There’s always WAAVP though…which clashes with our son’s birthday 😭

Reckon I can swap a in short research talk for the traditional treasure hunt/pass the parcel/beat the crap out of dads with balloons?

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Adam Hayward @adhayward.bsky.social · Nov 29

Fantastic PhD project with the awesome Amy Sweeny, making use of some very hard-won data

arsweeny.bsky.social @arsweeny.bsky.social · Nov 28

Interested in fitness consequences of the gut microbiome in the wild? Keen on being involved with an iconic long-term study system?

Check out a PhD opportunity working on Soay sheep microbiomes! Info below and feel free to contact with q's.

e4-dtp.ed.ac.uk/e5-dtp/super...

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Micky (Sangwook) Ahn @mickyahn.bsky.social · Nov 27

Hello! I'm Micky, a PhD Candidate at the University of Calgary studying the ecology and evolution of parasites in Sable Island horses using DNA metabarcoding. I spent 3 summers on a deserted island as a glorified poop picker and amateur horse photographer.

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